[sdiy] SMT FAQ?

[Woody Wall]

Ah, OK.  Thanks Roman. I hadn't thought they would be in mils. 
If I come upon a good FAQ I'll post a link here.
Woody

On 5/30/05, Roman <modular at go2.pl> wrote:> yes, it's about size, but not in mm> 0805 = 80mil x 50mil which is about 2x1.2mm> and so on> > sorry, I don't know any site with SMT FAQ. I think this list archive may be a good start, as SMD topics have been touched here many times.> > ---- Wiadomość Oryginalna ----> Od: James Patchell <patchell at cox.net>> Do: synth-diy <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>> Data: Sun, 29 May 2005 17:23:46 -0700> Temat: Re: [sdiy] SMT FAQ?> > > I always thought those were just the dimensions... 0804 would be 8mm x> > 4mm... 01005 would be 1mm x 0.5mm....am I wrong?> >> > At 06:41 PM 5/29/2005 -0500, Woody Wall wrote:> > >Being a complete novice at SMT, I did a little googling to answer my> > >questions about the meaning of things like 0804, 01005, and so forth.> > >I didn't come up with anything really useful. Does anyone have a> > >pointer to a good FAQ about SMT?> > >> > >Woody> >> >          -Jim> > *******************************************************!
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