Stargazer SMD to DIP Breakout for SOIC-8, TSSOP-8, MSOP-8, and VSOP-8 with Gold Plated Headers [5 Pack]

These are great but know that the legs of the headers are square. This means they will fit in some sockets but not all sockets. They won't fit in round-hole sockets. If you plan to use DIP sockets on your board, get the kind with flat pins having spring clips in the socket.

These boards looked really nice so I ordered a few and they did not disappoint! I wanted to prototype with a component that didn’t come in a DIP package and these made the conversion all too easy. They soldered as expected and it was great that the headers were already broken apart (and gold plated!) because I always end up breaking half a header too many when I try to separate them myself. The writing on the boards was also clear and made them easy to work with. Did I mention they look really good? Five stars.

I had to surface-solder some TSSOP-8 chips for stepping voltages for I2C, these breakout boards worked well, didn't have any problems soldering, nor any loose pins on the boards themselves.

These are absolutely junk, do not buy them.

These little PCB's are great! They were just what I needed to install new surface mount SOIC op-amps that cannot be used in older audio equipment that use DIP packaged op-amps. The addition of the pins is a nice touch that were not provided by other sellers. Thumbs up Stargazer.