Richard Mellina <PICLIST@mitvma.mit.edu> wrote:

> I have the hardest time getting DIP package ICs into DIP sockets.
> The pins are bent too far out and I can't figure out the best way
> to do it. Is there a tool that can bent the pins in before putting
> them into the socket?

    Yes.  Outside of a production environment, the most commonly-used
    "tool" for this job is a tabletop, against which you press the
    leads (one side at a time) to bend them into alignment.

    -Andy

=== Andrew Warren -- aiw@cypress.com
=== Principal Design Engineer
=== Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
===
=== Opinions expressed above do not
=== necessarily represent those of
=== Cypress Semiconductor Corporation

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