On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 23:22:40 +0000, derek wrote: > I would be careful desoldering a PLCC chip,
Actually, the socket, not the chip... ;-) > the D&D Q60 was soldered correctly under the correct soldering > temperature. > > I have repaired some Qbranch Q40 boards, which had issues with the > over heating of the soldering, resulting in detachment of the through > hole plating. Yes, I do agree that it won't be for the faint hearted... A "dirty" but safer (for the PCB) solution, since the PLCC socket will be trashed anyway, is to use a small cutting pliar to (carefully) destroy the socket, then to unsolder each pin individually once all the plastic parts have been removed. This said, an adapter is still the best solution. A quick search on the web lead me to this: http://www.ironwoodelectronics.com/catalog/Content/Templates/PartGrids.cfm?StartRow=21&cPart=PL-PLCC44-H-01&Grid=PL-PLCC_TABLE http://www.ironwoodelectronics.com/catalog/Content/Drawings/PL-PLCC44-H-01Dwg.pdf Not sure how mush it costs, but maybe not much more than the RTC+battery chip as sold by Farnell... ;-P Thierry. _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List
