Joe, I would think that mounting the chip upside down would allow better heat distribution?? I could be wrong. You may need a heat sink?
joe tarantino wrote: > Be careful mounting a part like this upside down. If the back side > pad on the part is critical to grounding or heat removal (like some > switching power supply controllers) you could easily cause the part to > malfunction or worse yet, fail altogether. > > Joe T > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:15 PM, William Estrada > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Use a plcc adapter. Or use the dead bug design, glue it upside down > to a piece of plastic then solder the wires to the chip. > > -- William Estrada [email protected] Mt-Umunhum-Wireless.net ( http://64.124.13.3 ) Ymessenger: MrUmunhum _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
