Does anyone have a picture of the chip if I were to be soldering it myself?
10-11-2000, 01:54 PM
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Does anyone have a picture of the chip if I were to be soldering it myself?
I can solder surface mount just fine... but i always like to know what I'm getting into before I get into it.
10-11-2000, 03:51 PM
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Thanks! Now, does anyone know of surface mount ZIF sockets that match this form factor?
I've actually worked with a bunch of ZIF sockets intended for surface mount parts (They're used on motherboards a lot lately for the BIOS... at least on development boards).
I can probably look it up if someone can give me a packaging style (and pin spacing if it's not too much?)
The socket I'm talking about completely envelopes the chip (imagine a large clam shell) and then locks shut. My thinking behind this is that it would make swapping out ECU's not as bad if I didn't want to order a completely different ECU. Thoughts? I'd love to hear feedback on this.
I can probably look it up if someone can give me a packaging style (and pin spacing if it's not too much?)
The socket I'm talking about completely envelopes the chip (imagine a large clam shell) and then locks shut. My thinking behind this is that it would make swapping out ECU's not as bad if I didn't want to order a completely different ECU. Thoughts? I'd love to hear feedback on this.
10-12-2000, 01:14 AM
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My .02 (m)
My past experience with surface mount sockets (read: sockets for surface mount parts) has been terrible. Other than to prototype with in a nice vibration free environment they don't work. I can only imagine it would be a trip or two in the car before a pin popped loose and the car would stall/not start.
The sockets might have gotten better in the last few years, but I wouldn't risk it.
-- jace
The sockets might have gotten better in the last few years, but I wouldn't risk it.
-- jace
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