Timeline for Are DIP sockets against overheating worth the cost?
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| Nov 3, 2018 at 4:00 | answer | added | Garry | timeline score: -1 | |
| Oct 26, 2017 at 16:58 | answer | added | Coder_fox | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 26, 2017 at 14:45 | comment | added | user20088 | @ilkkachu true, but what I was saying is that I seldom see any (ZIF or not) IC sockets in new designs (even slots are more and more rare nowadays IMO); most circuits are designed to be replaced entirely in case of fault, and are not suited to be serviced on a by-part basis. ZIFs are gold when it comes to programming or other batch work (e.g. part testing), but they occupy a lot of space on proto board (I haven't seen any ZIF smaller than DIP14 for DIPs, so it kind of sucks for DIP8), so for regular "replace easily if burned/damaged/unsuitable" situations, I'd go with regular DIP sock. | |
| Oct 26, 2017 at 10:39 | comment | added | ilkkachu | @vaxquis, for mass programming, I'd want to use a ZIF socket or about anything else but a regular DIP socket. They're not that good for repeatedly plugging the chips in and out. | |
| Oct 26, 2017 at 6:59 | vote | accept | dusk | ||
| Oct 25, 2017 at 23:35 | comment | added | user20088 | @OlinLathrop to each his own; On the contrary - I actually used sockets for virtually all of my projects from the last 5 years. AFAIK, you're a professional (I'm speaking in the literal sense, i.e. somebody who does something for a living), so obviously yeah, in "serious" designs IC sockets went mostly obsolete a long time ago (for the obvious reasons, DIP going mostly obsolete for most of the applications being the first of them); still, in small scale prototyping and hobby design, they can be real lifesavers (e.g. having a programmer and needing to program 50 ATtinies out of circuit etc.). | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 18:53 | answer | added | Mark Lakata | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 18:05 | history | edited | dusk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 25, 2017 at 14:24 | answer | added | calcium3000 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 13:34 | answer | added | dirac16 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 13:20 | answer | added | Trevor_G | timeline score: 11 | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 12:30 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackElectronix/status/923164943888904192 | ||
| Oct 25, 2017 at 12:00 | answer | added | jpa | timeline score: 17 | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 10:56 | comment | added | Neil_UK | If you use sockets, you always have to bear in mind that an additional failure mode, when you're debugging, could be poor contact between the socket and the IC pin. I've only had one or two per decade through my engineering career, few enough to lull you into a false sense of security, enough to be a major hiccup when you forget the possibility. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 10:46 | comment | added | Olin Lathrop | "Sockets" brings back memories, not all pleasant. I think the last time I used a IC socket was so I could plug in the ICE instead of the real microcontroller. That was probably around 15 years ago. The last time I used a socket for a non-microcontroller IC was probably in the 1980s due to the prototypes being wire wrapped. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 10:37 | answer | added | 0___________ | timeline score: 33 | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 10:31 | answer | added | Scott Seidman | timeline score: 24 | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 10:17 | comment | added | Dampmaskin | You get tens of socket for a dollar on the fleabay. There are many reasons to not use sockets, but cost ain't one of them. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 10:13 | comment | added | Turbo J | ESD could also damage your component when soldering - and many cheaper soldering irons are not properly grounded. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 10:13 | comment | added | PlasmaHH | Have you considered that you might want to save money by reusing an IC on another board? Desoldering DIPs can be a pita, especially on boards with much copper and tiny holes. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 10:05 | comment | added | jonk | Sockets require space and volume and add their own reliability problems. But the Wikipedia comment is also accurate. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 10:03 | answer | added | Manu3l0us | timeline score: 20 | |
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