DIP/DIL Package

Many electronic components for your experiments come in the DIP/DIL package. These enclosures and their connectors are suitable for designing a circuit on the breadboard.

DIP stands for Dual in-Line Package and DIL for Dual in-Line.

Usually, the components are specified as DIPn or DILn, with n the total number of pins. For example, a DIP14 component has two rows of seven pins. The numbering of the pins is illustrated with two examples...