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Chip packages

DIP

Dual In-line Package
The old-school through-hole IC with two rows of pins. Mostly obsolete now.

How it looks

Drawing: no DIP parts on CORE3588
from aboveside: legs go into holes in the board
A DIP-8 chip: two rows of straight legs, 2.54 mm apart, made to push through holes.

How it works

board, seen from the sidesoldered on the far sideholes drilled through the boardDIP: Dual In-line Package

Where it fits

DIP is a through-hole package, the same spacing as a pin header. Its surface-mount successors are SOIC, QFN and BGA.

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