something in a high vibration environment like a vehicle will give you
more problems. Corrosion is another 'issue'.. but if it's that bad you
should be coating your boards anyway.
back in the 70s I delt with Apple ][ Computers that used socket-ed DIP
ICs problems Noted:
bad contact - corrosion.
loose IC due to vibration.
they went for Premium AMP brand sockets to get better retention and some
of the ICs left the factory with one or more the pins bent under. this
worked at first, BUT made for Flaky INTERMITTENT contacts.
Also the socket will have more capacitance then just a plain PC Board,
which might round off your signal edges. I think we even had one board
where the larger area of the contacts caused a solder bridge, and
pulling the socket was more difficult than just pulling an IC would have
been.
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Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario
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