On 2013-04-25 10:37, Julian Brooks wrote:The PDIP package is what you want, not the SOIC. The only difference is size. DIP packages are human-friendly, surface mount is for robots.
'Nother 2 dumb questions:
What's the difference between the ones that have spider/centipede type
legs and the straight ones (which would be best to get).
I have it in a breadboard right now, to make it more permanent I would solder a socket to a prototyping board then (after verifying the connections) plug the chip into the socket. Soldering to the pins makes it difficult to replace the IC, and risks damaging it with the heat if you're not good at soldering quickly and to the point. A CD4051 would also work, it's basically the same circuit.
And also are you attaching the MC14051 to any type of board/adaptor or
just soldering straight on to the pins?
Martin