Who has not at some point in their lives experienced the horror of a pin on a DIP package breaking off? It’s generally game over, but what if you don’t have another chip handy to substitute?

Both the CPU and the PPU (Picture Processing Unit) are 40-pin DIP chips, which makes NES minification a bit tricky. [Redherring32] wasn’t one to be stopped by this, however, and turned these DIP ...

By eliminating the need for additional anti-static devices or complex pin-straightening equipment, the DIP-R-SIZER can lower costs for users. Pricing starts at $23 each in quantities up to 24.