MrSoftware
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I took a quick look and don't see any WQFN-28 to DIP breakout boards, so you would be better to work with the HTSSOP package. Here's what you do. Starting on page 44 of the datasheet (click here) shows you the dimensions of the TSSOP package and its pins. You can see from the datasheet that the pitch between the pins is 0.65mm. Now find a TSSOP 28 to DIP adapter board with pin pitch 0.65mm, such as this one (data sheet here). Next check the land pattern recommended in the chip datasheet (page 46). They want center-to-center width of the pads to be 5.8mm. Look back at the adapter datasheet to see if it matches. Dimension A shows 3.1mm, dimension B shows 2.4mm. So the center-to-center horizontal spacing of those pads is 5.5mm. This is close enough to 5.8mm that it will work for a prototype.
So your chip should fit on this adapter and will be functional.. BUT notice that the chip wants a chunk of metal under it in the center. This is for heat dissipation, and the adapter board I linked does NOT have it. So the chip should mount and work on this adapter, but don't try to put a lot of load on it or it might overheat quickly. You can put a heat sink on it which will help some, but ideally you'll look for another adapter that has metal in the middle.
You can hand solder this one, especially since there's no metal in the middle. If you do find one with metal in the middle, you'll either need a hot air station (under $100) or you can also reflow it in a toaster oven (that you do not eat from). There are a lot of youtube videos on this.
If you only need one of these, look closely at the development board that I linked above. It costs more to buy, but should work out of the box and save you a lot of work.
So your chip should fit on this adapter and will be functional.. BUT notice that the chip wants a chunk of metal under it in the center. This is for heat dissipation, and the adapter board I linked does NOT have it. So the chip should mount and work on this adapter, but don't try to put a lot of load on it or it might overheat quickly. You can put a heat sink on it which will help some, but ideally you'll look for another adapter that has metal in the middle.
You can hand solder this one, especially since there's no metal in the middle. If you do find one with metal in the middle, you'll either need a hot air station (under $100) or you can also reflow it in a toaster oven (that you do not eat from). There are a lot of youtube videos on this.
If you only need one of these, look closely at the development board that I linked above. It costs more to buy, but should work out of the box and save you a lot of work.

