[sdiy] Humans are not Becoming Smaller

[laxt57 at aol.com]

Hi Magnus
 Yes! I agree with your line of thinking. Rather than bemoan the loss of
thru-hole devices (3080,3280,etc) or try to restart a dead fab process
maybe we should just put a little effort into the smd stuff.
As a side project(like I don't have 500 others) I am going to design a
OTA and implement in surface mount trannies. First step for me will be
to learn to work with SMD, I have put that off for years.
So, any suggestions for the gain cells,buffers and such for SMD
devices? I would welcome input here.
Jeri
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Magnus Danielson <cfmd at bredband.net>
To: rdd at rddavis.org
Cc: mclilith at charter.net; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Sent: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 01:30:09 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Humans are not Becoming Smaller


From: "R. D. Davis" <rdd at rddavis.org>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Humans are not Becoming Smaller (was: SMD comming your way)
Date: 1 Jun 2005 00:11:21 -0400,Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:11:21 -0400
Message-ID: <20050601041121.GK49804 at rhiannon.rddavis.org>

Robert,

> Quothe Glen, from writings of Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:50:55PM -0400:
> > It's not that I'm defending Bush, but in what manner does this information
> > help us build synths?  ;)
> 
> None, which is why I'm one who's in agreement that we get back on
> topic... politics quickly becomes boring, SDIY remains interesting. :-)

Politics is booring, which is why I spend my brain-cells on other things.
I care, but I don't have the energy to care about everything, so let's keep
that out of here, shall we?

> > I clicked on this message, thinking it was going to be about SMD technology. 

> 
> After all this discussion of SMD technology, although it greatly
> annoys me, I'm afraid to admit that I may give it a try, if only to
> learn how to make use of some SMD components such as chips that I can
> salvage from other things, which I can try mounting on small circuit
> boards that can be connected to other boards via through-hole wiring.
> I'm not saying that I'll prefer SMD, however, although perhaps for
> occasional usage, there may be some benefits if it means saving a few
> dollars on parts that I already have somewhere that can be salvaged,
> although I prefer to not buy any new SMD components, and want to
> support the manufacturers and suppliers who are still manufacturing
> and selling through-hole components.

Now, when I helped starting up this thread (again) it was not to say we must do
everything in SMD, but to show that it is possible. Let's use what is good and
use the benefits when they are there. If I am being critical to SMD advocates
among us, then I would say that there is a big lack of good reading material to
learn from. Soldering is a craft we learn, and all of a sudden we are about to
change the fundamentals of this craft, so we need to re-learn. Last time we
learned this craft, it took long time to pick up the basics, but can we make it
easier for this new time?

I know who I should ask. Maybe I should start work on that and cook some SMD
Howto? Down-to-earth handy tips, things to know, things to learn, tools etc.

Cheers,
Magnus
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