# Bus Pirate 5 SOIC / SOP8 SPI Flash Adapter

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** ADA6021 · **Brand:** [Adafruit](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/adafruit-australia)
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This accessory for the Bus Pirate 5 makes it trivial to program bare flash memory chips without clips or soldering. SOP8 150mil and 208mil are the most...

## Pricing

- **Price:** $26.95 (inc GST) — $24.50 AUD, exc GST
- **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $23.76 (exc GST) · 50+ $23.27 (exc GST)

## Availability & dispatch

- Available with a lead time — expect dispatch between Aug 19 and Aug 24.

## Description

This accessory for the Bus Pirate 5 makes it trivial to program bare flash memory chips without clips or soldering. SOP8 150mil and 208mil are the most common and inexpensive flash packages at the moment. After [looking at a number of sockets,](https://forum.buspirate.com/t/spi-flash-adapter-socket-reviews/400?u=ian) the folks behind the Bus Pirate 5 decided these bad boys, favorites of the mobile phone repair market, were the way to go. Easy to insert and remove a chip, but a bit bulky with delicate pins. The cost is in the pins, 16 pins cost double that of an 8 pins socket.

Inserting a chip:

- Press down gently on the top of the socket. The spring fingers will retract.
- Place or drop the chip into the socket with the chip pin 1 marker (dot, stripe, etc) aligned with the socket pin 1 marker.
- Release the socket; the spring fingers will grip the chip.

Removing a chip:

- Press down gently on the top of the socket. The spring fingers will retract.
- Gently lift the chip out of the socket with tweezers **or** turn the socket over and let the chip fall into your hand.
- Release the socket; the spring fingers will close.

## Technical Details 

- [Documentation overview](https://firmware.buspirate.com/overview/spi-flash-adapters)
- SOP8 SPI Flash Adapter [schematic and PCB](https://github.com/DangerousPrototypes/BusPirate5-hardware/tree/main/flash-sop-rev3)
- [flash command documentation](https://firmware.buspirate.com/overview/command-reference/spi-protocol#flash)
- [How to interface common SPI flash chips](https://firmware.buspirate.com/overview/devices/spi-flash-chips)

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