Extenders and Rotators avoid obstacles and facilitate access into hard to reach areas. We offer a number of standard PLCC extenders. Ironwood also develops many custom parts for unique spaces, often required by in-circuit emulator applications.
Standard Parts
Ironwood has developed a number of extenders (and rotators) that provide PGA and MGA (.05" pitch) connections. These parts can often be combined with a surface mount foot to move BGA, QFP, PLCC, and SOIC interfaces.
Several example drawings of extender and rotator designs are provided below. 
Rotators provide physical rotation of a device and can also be incorporated in an extender's design.
We have used flexible printed circuit board material in some of our custom extenders.
Our line of standard PLCC Extenders allow the vertical extension of PLCC sockets for easy access by emulation and test equipment. We offer several types of these and several example drawings of PLCC extenders like the XT-PLCC-01 pictured at left are provided below.
Example PLCC Extender Types
 XT-PLCC-01 Height Extension: 0.294" Top: PLCC Socket Bottom: PLCC Plug Intermediate: None |
 XT-PLCC-02 Height Extension: Variable Top: PLCC Socket Bottom: PLCC Plug Intermediate: Stackable PGA |
 XT-PLCC-03 Height Extension: 0.294" Top: PLCC Socket Bottom: Surface Mount Foot Intermediate: None |
 XT-PLCC-03 Height Extension: 0.269" Top: PLCC SMT Land Pattern Bottom: PLCC Plug Intermediate: None |
Example Extenders and Rotators
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