Would be shocked to see if any of the pros say something different on =20 this, but I've personally never seen a chip that would have anything =20 other than the lower-left corner pin near the "X" as pin 1. Cheers, -Neil. Quoting Nathan House : > I'm trying to use a LM358 dual op amp IC and have a little problem; I > don't know which pin is pin 1. I can't seem to get my camera to take a > good picture of something this small, but it looks kind of like this: > http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1352/5179445393_b6b4d864e0.jpg. There's > no circle by the first pin, and there's no notch at the top. > Intuitively, it seems like with the text right-side-up (like in the > photo) the first pin would be on the lower left, but I don't know for > sure.. > > Any ideas? > -- > 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 .