[sdiy] Re: SDIY Withdrawal Symptoms

[Magnus Danielson]

From: "Paul Maddox" <P.Maddox at signal.QinetiQ.com>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Re: SDIY Withdrawal Symptoms
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 09:23:18 +0100
Message-ID: <00e101c55602$af94e020$89a8a8c0 at dtg.qinetiq.com>

> Tony,
> 
> >   LOL!  I thought everyone knew I'm a SMT nut.  :)  It's just that when
> > I say "serious SMT technology" I meant SSOP, 0402, etc.  Stuff that
> > should be assembled by machine, not man.
> 
> hehe, well when I ordered the parts I made a mistake, and two of them are 
> 0402..
> You just need a good set of tweezers and a magnifying glass (even my fine 
> tipped soldering iron looks HUGE compared to the 0402 devices).
> Anyway, I managed it without much hassle, but I wouldn't want to do it 
> again.. 0603 is about as small as I'd go, normally, I preffer 0802 though...

At work, the 01005 samples have arrived. Now that is usefull stuff!!!

Cheers,
Magnus