> would surely be worth making your own little adapter boards > to solder SMD > components onto, along with some tinned copper wires of > suitable diameter to > use on a breadboard. One pattern would do any SOT23 device, and could > probably be made with suitable pad sizes to do SOT223 as Has anyone used: http://protoboards.theshoppe.com/index.html It's nothing amazing, just a well interconnected set of surface mount pads, but it might save the effort of sitting down and designing it for yourself! I'd be interested to hear if anyone has used them, it struck me as a neat idea. Nigel -- Nigel Orr, Design Engineer nigel@axoninstruments.co.uk Axon Instruments Ltd., Wardes Road,Inverurie,Aberdeenshire,UK,AB51 3TT Tel:+44 1467 622332 Fax:+44 1467 625235 http://www.axoninstruments.co.uk -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu