A breakout board for a small surface mount component
While looking for a charge pump (a circuit to create a negative voltage from a positive source for low current applications) I discovered the Analog Devices LTC3261 High Voltage, Low Quiescent Current Inverting Charge Pump. Unfortunately, this device only is available in a very tiny 12-pin MSOP surface mount package. I decided to design a breakout board so I could use the LTC3261 with our standard plastic breadboards.
I have documented the process of designing and having this breakout board manufactured, including the [free] printed circuit design tool I used, where I had the printed circuit board (PCB) made, how I soldered the surface mount devices (SMD) to the PCB, and the tools I use to verify the value of two-terminal SMD devices.
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