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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: blackbeard on November 13, 2009, 08:51:35 AM

Title: shaving down ics
Post by: blackbeard on November 13, 2009, 08:51:35 AM

so i have some ICs that are too fat to fit end to end and i've shaved the ends to make them fit together but will this generally have a negative effect? they seem to work fine

Title: Re: shaving down ics
Post by: Soeren on November 13, 2009, 11:15:36 AM

Hi,

Depends entirely on how much you grinded off - got pictures?

Title: Re: shaving down ics
Post by: kd5kfl on November 13, 2009, 03:14:08 PM

(http://visual.merriam-webster.com/images/science/physics-electricity-magnetism/electronics/packaged-integrated-circuit.jpg)

(http://www.hongwanjihi.org/Web2003/links/compHist/Pict_Comp_Hist/integrated_circuit_now.jpg)