PHOBOS GERMANIUM FUZZ
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SOCKET & IC
Next up is the IC socket. You can’t bend the leads of a socket like you can with the other components, so
it won’t stay in on its own until it is soldered.
Again, it’s much easier to do this with gravity holding it in place for you, so you’ll want do the socket
before you do any of the taller components.
Installing the IC
Don’t insert the IC into the socket just yet. We will do this in a later step, after we’ve finished soldering
the tallest components (the polarized capacitors). This information is just listed here for reference.
The legs of the IC are bent outward slightly during manufacturing, so they’ll need to be bent back inward
before they can be inserted into the sockets.
It’s easiest to do this by laying the IC legs against the table and bending the body itself so all four legs on
the side are straightened out at once. Then, flip it and do the other side.
ICs may have two different orientation marks: either a dot in the upper-left or a half-circle notch in the
middle of the top side. Some ICs have both marks. This shows which way the IC should be rotated when
inserting it into a socket (the socket also has a half-circle notch).
PART VALUE
IC1
TC1044SCPA
or LT1054CP
