So finally I got all the parts I need for my wireless project.
Only problem, I was convinced that the MICRF112 and encoder/decoder chips from LINX are the usual smd packages with 2.54mm lead spacing or maybe a little smaller. They are not.
They are tiny almost invisible chips with 0.5mm lead spacing. No way I could wire this prototype-like. I need a PCB and I'd like to know if protoboards exist with various SMD-IC mounting options on them... ???
If not I'll have to develop the PCB and hope everything works fine from the very beginning (which even with careful planing it usually doesn't).
EDIT: Just found out that there exist adapters for smd components, I saw a few on ebay... maybe I find one for a 10pin MSOP with 0.5mmm pitch...
Only problem, I was convinced that the MICRF112 and encoder/decoder chips from LINX are the usual smd packages with 2.54mm lead spacing or maybe a little smaller. They are not.
They are tiny almost invisible chips with 0.5mm lead spacing. No way I could wire this prototype-like. I need a PCB and I'd like to know if protoboards exist with various SMD-IC mounting options on them... ???
If not I'll have to develop the PCB and hope everything works fine from the very beginning (which even with careful planing it usually doesn't).
EDIT: Just found out that there exist adapters for smd components, I saw a few on ebay... maybe I find one for a 10pin MSOP with 0.5mmm pitch...
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