Digikey no longer sells the soldering iron tip suggested to be used on Traxions prom burning article. So I was just wandering what I should use for removing the eprom off the memcal. I have a 30 watt radio shack soldering iron. Radioshack said the only tip they have for it is the one that it came with. So should I buy the 15 watt iron that comes with the smaller tip? Is a 15 watt iron going to get hot enough? What are you guys using? Thanks for the help, its probably a dumb question but I'm new to burning.

 

I always use the Moate's Adapters.

 

I'm going to replace the eprom in the memcal with a eeprom. Then i'll just use the header adapter to actually program the chip in the memcal. In the end i'll have a nice clean looking stock memcal and computer. Initially, I know, it's a hassle to replace the prom but then it'll be easy.

 

I did this for awhile too - for the same reason. It is a very clean setup. However, I now exclusively use the adapters. Why? Because it puts less wear and tear on the ECM socket and the MemCal socket. After you have been programming for awhile you'll eventually wear out this socket. With an adapter and a ZIF in place you never remove anything from the ECM again ... and you never have to worry about wearing out the MemCal.

Tim