"Vaughn" writes:



And why in the world would you ever socket an IC?

Here, we agree.

You socket the IC where your evaluation tells you it's necessity
for replacement overcomes the added issues with a socket.

I designed my boards with the vulnerable IC's in GOOD, gold-plated
sockets. I can't recall the brand now; but they were circular
concentric pins held in a strip of plastic. Not cheap.

The vulnerable ones to me were those that interfaced OFF the board,
to the real world. They took the abuse & died for the cause every
so often. YMMV.

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