On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 00:15:11 +1000, Ian McLean wrote:

>Hello everyone,
>
>It has been some time since I have been on the PIC List, so g'day to
>everyone.
>
>I would appreciate any bright ideas that anyone has for prototyping SMD
>chips.  I have been using, for example, the FT232BM USB chip from FTDI on my
>latest PIC designs (with great success I may add, they work great !), but
>boy are they fiddly to prototype with.
>

There's a company that makes a product called "Surf Boards" (or some
similar name). They have various SMD land patterns available. I
haven't used them myself but they look like they'd do the job for you.


Regards, Bob

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