60 Bucks? for a PIC SOIC adapter

[Michael]

MCU mart has an Melabs soic adapter for 49.95 which I can kinda live with...but the 9 bucks for shipping to Indiana doesn't make sense. (should be free shipping...c'mon!)

Seems like a lot of money for this thing.

Are there any other options?

Have the MELABS programmer......maybe I can do the board myself and buy the socket?

[dhouston]

Having bought a couple of ZIF SOIC sockets so I could test programmed PICs I can tell you that you'll likely pay about $20 plus shipping for just a ZIF socket.

[Michael]

Just occurred to me I could simply buy a so to dip adapter and use it in the 40 pin dip that the programmer already has.

....duh

[Acetronics2]

Hi,
Have a look to Mikroelektronika site ( kwick buy ) ...

Shipping not free, but device ... interesting.

Alain

PS... and please : Stop asking the whole world for free ... everything has a price !

[RFEFX]

What exactly are you trying to program with the socket? I have designed many PIC boards in the past maybe one of my designs may fit your needs.... What processor are you working with?

[tenaja]

MCU mart has an Melabs soic adapter for 49.95 which I can kinda live with...but the 9 bucks for shipping to Indiana doesn't make sense. (should be free shipping...c'mon!)

Seems like a lot of money for this thing.

Are there any other options?

Have the MELABS programmer......maybe I can do the board myself and buy the socket?

You could make your own. Digikey sells the soic adaptor (sans board) for about $30. Etch yourself a board and add a header, and you've saved $20.

[Normnet]

See Futurlec SMD adapters (http://futurlec.com:80/SMD_Adapters.shtml).

Norm

[Archangel]

They're all over eBay, here is one for 6 bucks http://cgi.ebay.com/2pcs-40-pin-Universal-ZIF-Socket_W0QQitemZ350133287128QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBI_ Electronic_Components?hash=item350133287128&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C 240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

[tenaja]

Joe and Norm, neither of those is what Micheal is looking for. See the MELabs web page:
http://melabs.com/products/adapters/soicadpt.htm#Adapters
They are basically zif for soic chips... not DIP, and not a solder-on board. You use these to program your SOIC chip prior to putting it on a pcb.

[tenaja]

MCU mart has an Melabs soic adapter for 49.95 which I can kinda live with...but the 9 bucks for shipping to Indiana doesn't make sense. (should be free shipping...c'mon!)

Why should shipping be free?!!?! MELabs has to pay for it! Heck, at the minimum, if they want to send it UPS Ground in the USA, they have to pay for a box (which costs over $1, and UPS charges almost 2!) and they have to pay for the shipping fee, too.

If you think you can make enough of these to cover the cost of your time, then make them and sell them. I think you'll find you spend plenty of time and effort with zero payback. We are fortunate that MELabs offers this service! Otherwise we'd be stuck buying the $30 soic adaptor, paying digikey $9 for shipping, and then designing our own board and paying the board house.

[rmteo]

Why do not ICSP? Won't need adapters/sockets etc.

[Archangel]

If you think you can make enough of these to cover the cost of your time, then make them and sell them . . . .
Aw nevermind . . .