I just rejoined the list and saw a bit about making adapters for soic components, unbelievable timing for me. Yesterday I received my request for parts from maxim and rushed into my office to happily work on my project. I proudly showed my wife the cool containers that they came in and was shocked to see soic in stead of dip. My jaw must have hit the floor because my wife stared at me and said "they aren't the right ones". So last night I played around with some ideas for adapters and looked thru my catalogs. I know I didn't order the wrong parts, has this happened to anyone else? I just joined yesterday so missed the beginning of the maxim thread. thanx Op ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html