marcel, I was actually surprised to see so many different SOIC packages with any and all available pin numbers. Thank you again for sharing this website, I’ll be ordering some adapters in the near future.

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@marceltrapman, using a smart and nice etching process is never something people have an issue with. The point people are trying to make on this thread is that if you can achieve the same results by using a small tank and an inexpensive chemical, why go for an expensive process. There are so many different etching processes available that you can choose from which are cheap enough to be used by anyone. Etching does impact the quality of a PCB but as long as you’re not making expensive antenna PCBs, usual process work fine.

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I think you should go with Eagle and KICAD as these are free ware and a lot of tutorials are available to teach how to use these software and I personally recommend Eagle as PCB manufacturers accept the Eagle files to build the boards and for cheap PCB boards you should look at some manufacturers with manufacturing facility is in China.

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