As part of my mintlite project, I need to deal with an SO8 package battery charger. So I whipped up a breadboard adapter aka “breakout board” that converts the tiny chip into a 600 mil DIP package. Another battery charger I have is even smaller, packaged as an SOT23-5 part. The breakout converts that tiny grain of rice into a 300 mil DIP package.

Here’s a snapshot:

Cadsoft Eagle BRD files:

SO8 to DIP8

SOT23 to DIP6

Preassembled, these adapters can cost upwards of $6 ea… as “kits”, they’re $1-2 … so here ya go, it’s like printing money!