« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Cheap Chips for SMT Testing?  (Read 1646 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline fourfathomTopic starter

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 1993
  • Country: us
Cheap Chips for SMT Testing?
« on: May 29, 2021, 11:32:58 pm »
I will probably be getting a cheap Pick and Place unit (perhaps the CHM-T36VA), and am wondering if I can find a source for guinea-pig chips?  I don't mind wasting a few spools of 0402 and 0603 resistors, but I don't want to spoil my expensive QFN36 and 48TQFP chips, or some of the more expensive SOT23 and SC-70 parts.  Can anyone suggest a source for cheap parts in these packages?  This is just for dialing in the physical placement, they don't have to be functional.
Logged
We'll search out every place a sick, twisted, solitary misfit might run to! -- I'll start with Radio Shack.
 

Offline jmelson

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 2841
  • Country: us
Re: Cheap Chips for SMT Testing?
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2021, 11:44:25 pm »
You might be able to buy small amounts of chips on eBay or Alibaba sort of listing.

Jon
Logged
 

Offline Miti

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 1380
  • Country: ca
Re: Cheap Chips for SMT Testing?
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2021, 01:55:37 am »
You may have solderability issues with random chips from ebay. We use Practical Components.

https://www.practicalcomponents.com/
Logged
Fear does not stop death, it stops life.
 
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »

Share me

Digg  Facebook  SlashDot  Delicious  Technorati  Twitter  Google  Yahoo
Smf

 


EEVblog Main Site EEVblog on Youtube EEVblog on Twitter EEVblog on Facebook EEVblog on Odysee