today I socketed a socket.
I always thought these forum stories were wild fantasies of deranged solder monkeys high on their own lead filled fumes.
But no crap, there I was socketing a socket.
(http://i.imgur.com/2gV43gv.jpg)
Well, did you at least solder the socket to the socket? Cause that's how you win.
Aye, but have you ever socketed a socketed socket?
An IC with a view!
I did that once... I lost my wife, my job, all I could do was try and fit sockets in to eachother but they never slotted my heart together! *sobs*
I hope you put a socket condom on it. Never know, ya know. ???
Cannot be unseen! :o ;D
See, I heard that's where the tone comes from. It's the second socket that does it. Oh and card tables.
Nice going! Once you go double socket, you never go back. Unless you need the clearance.
Don't you know what it means to become a double-socket guy? It changes everything. I'd have to dress different. I'd have to act different. I'd have to grow a moustache and get all kinds of robes and lotions and I'd need a new bedspread and new curtains I'd have to get thick carpeting and weirdo lighting. I'd have to get new friends. I'd have to get double-socket friends. ... No, I'm not ready for it.
Maybe I'm being lazy, but why would you bother doing that?
I socketed a breadboard first time I BB'd an IC
Quote from: alanp on January 26, 2016, 04:19:23 AM
Maybe I'm being lazy, but why would you bother doing that?
I needed to solder two legs of the IC together.
It's a semi-rare IC so I didn't want to mess with it.
Also since it's semi-rare I already had the socket in.
So I just soldered the legs of the second socket together.
We didn't know the legs needed to be soldered together until after the board was populated.
Quote from: diablochris6 on January 26, 2016, 04:05:59 AM
Don't you know what it means to become a double-socket guy? It changes everything. I'd have to dress different. I'd have to act different. I'd have to grow a moustache and get all kinds of robes and lotions and I'd need a new bedspread and new curtains I'd have to get thick carpeting and weirdo lighting. I'd have to get new friends. I'd have to get double-socket friends. ... No, I'm not ready for it.
This is my favorite post of the past month.
Huh. Would have been easier to deliberately create a solder bridge on the bottom of the board (where the original socket is soldered in.)
Quote from: diablochris6 on January 26, 2016, 04:05:59 AM
Don't you know what it means to become a double-socket guy? It changes everything. I'd have to dress different. I'd have to act different. I'd have to grow a moustache and get all kinds of robes and lotions and I'd need a new bedspread and new curtains I'd have to get thick carpeting and weirdo lighting. I'd have to get new friends. I'd have to get double-socket friends. ... No, I'm not ready for it.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: alanp on January 26, 2016, 05:21:59 AM
Huh. Would have been easier to deliberately create a solder bridge on the bottom of the board (where the original socket is soldered in.)
Unless the solution we came up with wasn't really the solution. Then I would have to clean the board off (and repair the trace cut that would have been necessary). I think trashing a 8 cent socket is much easier.
Quote from: icecycle66 on January 26, 2016, 04:25:55 AM
We didn't know the legs needed to be soldered together until after the board was populated.
We??
So, there was more than one person involved in the "double socket" decision? Makes it that much better...
haha, youse guys. angelo is helping us with a prototype since he has the original vintage pedal, and I don't. so it's a prototype we are monkeying with, not a verified project he did that on.
here's the story. one leg of that ic needed to be disconnected from the pcb, and connected to that other leg at the same time. so it was either double stack & solder the legs of the second socket the way he did, or bend out and solder legs of that somewhat rare ic he wanted to protect, or cut a trace on top of the pcb, which is pretty crowded (and would have been permanent). it was a good, non-invasive solution for the pcb and the chip.
Better keep trauma to that IC to a minimum so it can smoothly transition back into the wild. You don't want PETIC coming down on you!
Quote from: Haberdasher on January 26, 2016, 02:30:19 PM
haha, youse guys. angelo is helping us with a prototype since he has the original vintage pedal, and I don't. so it's a prototype we are monkeying with, not a verified project he did that on.
here's the story. one leg of that ic needed to be disconnected from the pcb, and connected to that other leg at the same time. so it was either double stack & solder the legs of the second socket the way he did, or bend out and solder legs of that somewhat rare ic he wanted to protect, or cut a trace on top of the pcb, which is pretty crowded (and would have been permanent). it was a good, non-invasive solution for the pcb and the chip.
LOL. I see now... Rock on with your bad selves!!
What is the IC that is being protected?
Quote from: AntKnee on January 26, 2016, 03:12:57 PM
Better keep trauma to that IC to a minimum so it can smoothly transition back into the wild. You don't want PETIC coming down on you!
Each IC is tagged and tracked through the wild by the Mitsubishi corporation. We have to request and obtain them from the Integrated Circuit Reintegration Preserve.
Man this made is wonderful. Although I thought that you just did that accidentally. Doing it on purpose makes it only half as funny. Still hilarious though ;D
I thought it was funny because it was like a dear penthouse letter, but I guess you guys never read those, right? ;D
Mojo socket
Quote from: Dallius Mcnoob on January 26, 2016, 11:39:43 PM
Mojo socket
That gives me an idea.
Solder a bottom socket onto a board.
The oxidize other sockets to different levels.
Put in your op amp, and feel that vintage mojo.
Quote from: Haberdasher on January 26, 2016, 02:30:19 PM
haha, youse guys. angelo is helping us with a prototype since he has the original vintage pedal, and I don't. so it's a prototype we are monkeying with, not a verified project he did that on.
here's the story. one leg of that ic needed to be disconnected from the pcb, and connected to that other leg at the same time. so it was either double stack & solder the legs of the second socket the way he did, or bend out and solder legs of that somewhat rare ic he wanted to protect, or cut a trace on top of the pcb, which is pretty crowded (and would have been permanent). it was a good, non-invasive solution for the pcb and the chip.
Fair enough...id say you 2 are still on the FBI watch list though...I know I personally am going to be watching you both with suspicion. :o