sciguy77:
Hey everyone,I have a couple 8 pin ICs (MSGEQ7s) and I was wondering if I could just solder them directly to a pcb without the need to use a socket that just takes up space. Is this ok or will the heat from the iron damage the IC? In the data sheet there's a "storage temperature" rating that goes up to ~300F whereas my iron is 350F, but surely just soldering for a couple seconds on each pin won't risk permanently damaging the IC, right? Or am I way out of line?
Thanks
Your iron is far too cold. Iron must be hot (300C, 600F) or it will take too long to melt the solder (taking too long is more likely
to cause heat damage). The leads you solder too are not directly connected to the silicon chip, there are tiny thin gold wires
that do that, and it takes some time for heat to flow along them and overheat the silicon. Keep soldering time to a couple of
seconds per joint and you will be fine.
Perhaps you meant your iron was 350C (which is also fine).