I make these things myself by going to one of the quick-turn fab places, in my case express-pcb (no association). I'd grab their layout software, put down a bunch of through-hole dip's, put some smt footprints in the middle o= f them, trace the two together, get as many as I could fit on their quick-tur= n boards (2.5" x 3.8") and then order them. Since you get 3 boards you get = 3 of everything. The quick-turn service is about $70 and you get it in 2 days. Then when the boards arrive you have to cut them out manually (don't breath= e the dust!) and manually solder pins in the through-holes (use old LED leads). Amortized out you're probably talking $2 per surfboard and you can tailor them to exactly the footprints you're most interested in. I even di= d little ones like multiple sot23's inside dip-8's. I'm still living on the sets I did 4 years ago. DougM On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jon Chandler wrote= : > Forrest Christian wrote: > > I am starting to do designs with various surface mount parts... but of > > course need to do some prototyping from time to time. > > > > I'd like to find a source for some 'breakout' or 'header' boards so I > > can solder say a SOIC or a TQFP to a circuit board and bring it out to > > more usable pins. I'm aware of the schmartboards... they are sort of o= k > > pricing, but can get expensive fairly quickly.... > > > > Is there a source for just some generic boards like this, say SOIC, > > FPGA, maybe some 2 or 3 pin part header boards, etc, that is less > > expensive than the schmartboards? > > > > -forrest > > > Microchip has some great SMT prototyping boards. See my post on the EEV > Blog with links to the Microchip boards here > . > > Sure Electronics has some simpler boards at a very cheap price. There's > another post on the EEV Blog here > , > They sell on ebay, usually with free shipping and they have a web site > here . > > I put one of the Sure boards to use today making a thermocouple > measurement circuit. There's a picture of the board in use here. > > > > > Jon > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .