Digi-key sells little SMT protoboards made by Capital
Advanced Technologies; you get a little prototyping space
and a pad for an SOIC (or other type of SMT part); the
board has pins of the same type as on a DIP IC, so you can
plug them into a SIP socket, or solder them into a 0.1"
grid protoboard or even stick them into a solderless
breadboard. They cost from $1 to $8 each, depending;
one for an SOIC-8 runs about $4.

You can see a PDF of Digi-key's catalog page for these parts
here:

   http://www.digikey.com/CC/475.PDF

--Bob

On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 07:04:56AM +1000, Des Bromilow wrote:
> Hi,
> Can anyone offer a sugestion as to something I can use to allow me to breadboa
rd with a 8 SOIC (The 8 pin SMT package).
>
> I'd prefer something cheap and preferably available in Australia.
>
> Thanks,
> Des Bromilow

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