[sdiy] SDIY vs RoHS

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Tony Clark <clark at andrews.edu>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] SDIY vs RoHS
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 22:20:14 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.1050525221238.2724B-100000 at orion.cc.andrews.edu>

> > > > What 01005 samples???
> > > 
> > > 0805 0603 0401 0201 01005
> > 
> > > No, I am *NOT* kidding! I have (barely) seen it with my own eyes!
> > 
> > Barely seen it! im having troubble see 0603 at all!
> 
>    0603 is as small as I'll go.  :)  Anything beyond that has to be 
> machine assembled.  I've seen 0201, but I just can't imagine having to 
> deal with 01005!  That's like fine grinds of pepper!  Does that stuff 
> actually come in reels or is some other method of delivery necessary?
>    There's so many issues to deal with, even with machine assembly of 
> stuff that small!  Definately would take a much better setup than what 
> I'm running currently!

We're doing 0603 and 0402 with handsoldering, so my dear colleage and friend
wants to push the border for handsoldering even further, getting bored with
0402 from a challenge perspective.

The 01005 comes in normal reels of tape.

A good pick-n-place machine can already handle them!

Cheers,
Magnus