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Nickthedentist · 28th Nov 2017, 5:49 pm

If you do buy those adaptor boards, you may find that when fitting the IC, it's easiest to flood the pins with solder, then use a desoldering braid to mop up the excess and remove the inter-pin shorts.

28th Nov 2017, 5:49 pm	#10
Nickthedentist Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 17,864	Re: SMDs and stripboard If you do buy those adaptor boards, you may find that when fitting the IC, it's easiest to flood the pins with solder, then use a desoldering braid to mop up the excess and remove the inter-pin shorts.