<div dir="ltr"><div>Just spotted this:<br><a href="https://github.com/kadamski/i2c-gpio-param">https://github.com/kadamski/i2c-gpio-param</a><br></div>Could be useful<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 25 April 2013 15:54, Martin Peach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martin.peach@sympatico.ca" target="_blank">martin.peach@sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 2013-04-25 10:37, Julian Brooks wrote:<br>
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'Nother 2 dumb questions:<br>
What's the difference between the ones that have spider/centipede type<br>
legs and the straight ones (which would be best to get).<br>
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The PDIP package is what you want, not the SOIC. The only difference is size. DIP packages are human-friendly, surface mount is for robots.<div class="im"><br>
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And also are you attaching the MC14051 to any type of board/adaptor or<br>
just soldering straight on to the pins?<br>
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I have it in a breadboard right now, to make it more permanent I would solder a socket to a prototyping board then (after verifying the connections) plug the chip into the socket. Soldering to the pins makes it difficult to replace the IC, and risks damaging it with the heat if you're not good at soldering quickly and to the point. A CD4051 would also work, it's basically the same circuit.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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