rasz_pl wrote on 2023-06-20, 23:04:
I was thinking desolder original socket to solder custom made adapter in place. Alternatively you could take random/broken PLCC-68 chip, mill the middle out and solder custom pcb directly to wireframe. But thats too much work in light of @wiretap find. That $21 plug is a steal considering this is niche product targeting debugging/testing industrial uses, usually in >$200 territory
Learning KiCAD is on my 'before I die' bucket list, but is pretty far down the que. By the time I get to it, I expect to be telling some AI bot my specs and it does all the work.
Anonymous Coward wrote on 2023-06-21, 00:49:
feipoa wrote on 2023-06-20, 07:58:
The second link posted by SDumas looks correct, but it is $63 USD, plus who knows what fancy ass shipping service they are going to use. Let's say another $40. Add Canadian brokerage [because of their fancy ass shipping method], that probably brings the total to around $140 USD. Hoping for something a little more economical.
This is one of the things that I really hated about living in Canada. Considering we're an American vassal-state, with a large part of our industry bought out and controlled by Americans, you'd think that we'd get a break on customs (we are part of NAFTA afterall). In my experience if you bought two equally priced items from China and the USA, the Chinese one would end up being far cheaper once all the extra fees are tacked on.
Considering how closely this country follows the royal family, how often said family comes to visit Canada, and that the King of England is our official head of state, I'd say Canada is more of a British puppet state, but will follow changes proposed in the US if allowed to do so. British Columbia, for example, voted overwhelmingly (~90%) to stay on daylight savings time almost 4 years ago, but the change didn't take effect because the provincial government is waiting for the Americans to come on board.
Yes, when a Canadian company starts doing well and has gained some market, they will sell themselves out to an American company.
By the way, that company wants 35 GBP ($45 USD) to ship to Canada. What has everyone been using all these years to connect PLCC based upgrades in PGA motherboards and PGA upgrades in PLCC motherboards?
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