Cheap Universal Zif Socket

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passionmcu

New Member

• Aug 11, 2009

• #1

Hi
I am looking for cheap (but good quality) Universal Zif socket for my projects. Any sockets I found are very very expensive. Can anyone give a reference to some Cheap Zif sockets please?
Thanks in advance

 

blueroomelectronics

Well-Known Member

• Aug 11, 2009

• #2

Where do you live? What do you consider cheap. The Chinese 3M knockoffs are cheap in every way. They sell them in Downtown Toronto on College St.

 

bananasiong

New Member

• Aug 11, 2009

• #3

Try this from Malaysia. But I don't need it with icsp.

 

Hero999

Banned

• Aug 11, 2009

• #4

Try ebay, but be careful, it you buy trash, it won't be very good.

 

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HarveyH42

Banned

• Aug 11, 2009

• #5

ZIF Sockets

 

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vsmGuy

New Member

• Aug 11, 2009

• #6

I believe this is cheaper?

 

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sa11

New Member

• Aug 12, 2009

• #7

Cheap Zif Sockets on Ebay

passionmcu said:

Hi
I am looking for cheap (but good quality) Universal Zif socket for my projects. Any sockets I found are very very expensive. Can anyone give a reference to some Cheap Zif sockets please?
Thanks in advance

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Hi
If you are lokking for cheap(but quality) Zif sockets within UK then check this product on Ebay **broken link removed**

 

Hero999

Banned

• Aug 12, 2009

• #8

How do you know it's good quality?

I bought one that looks like that off eBay and I wasn't overly impressed.

 

geko

Active Member

• Aug 12, 2009

• #9

Hero999 said:

How do you know it's good quality?

I bought one that looks like that off eBay and I wasn't overly impressed.

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Likewise, the lever mechanism on some 20 pin ones I bought was sloppy and falls out. They were marked 3M TFXtool rather then 'Textool'

An alternative to a genuine 3M ZIF socket are the ones manufactured by Aries and they are generally quite a bit cheaper cost wise than a similar 3M part. **broken link removed**

 

blueroomelectronics

Well-Known Member

• Aug 12, 2009

• #10

The Aries are nice. The 3M knockoffs are pretty sloppy but they are cheap.

Most modern CPUs use ICP so ZIFs aren't as in demand.

 

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vsmGuy

New Member

• Aug 12, 2009

• #11

Buy the one I liinked. They are genuine and "cheap". I got some TEXTMATE or something off EBAY and the damn pins were all out of alignment!