I found many people wondering how to solder those tiny SMD chips on to adapter. Even some of FM ruined it during the process. I thought just to share this knowledge with everyone.
Here is how I do it.
Here is how I do it.
- Hold the chip using some clip onto PCB. I used hair clip of my wife. Even paper binder clip could be used. First apply good amount of solder flux on PCB and IC. Keep the dot matched with marking on PCB. All pins are touching to PCB pads, in contact and no pin is lifted up.
Take little solder material on tip of Soldering rod and touch the tip to PCB pad where IC pin is seated. Don't touch IC pin. Solder material just flows grabbing contact with IC pin. Do it for diagonal pins first and then repeat this soldering process for remaining pins.
It takes <2sec for each pin. Just count 1& 2& for holding Soldering rod's tip on adapter's PCB pad.
example - paper binder clip
Soldering is done
Put adapters pins into IC socket of DIP8.
match the upside of adapter (with soldered ICs) with proper markings showing up. This is important as this could ruin whole purpose and could mismatch all pins.
Top view -
Below, success repeated multiple time.