size (was: Re: Re: SV: Re: [sdiy] New NXP PNP matched pair !)

[JH.]

While smaller and smaller components are the future, no doubt,
the latest parcel bringing electronic components to my home came
as a big surprise: I had no idea how immensely huge these output
stages I had designed on paper, and mail-ordered, would be.
It's the first time I held a matched pair of KT66s in my hand!

JH.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "karl dalen" <dalenkarl at yahoo.se>
To: <jays at aracnet.com>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 12:43 AM
Subject: SV: Re: SV: Re: [sdiy] New NXP PNP matched pair !


--- jays at aracnet.com skrev:

> If you go to the 4 US disties they have on the web site (if I remember 
> right:
> Avnet, Arrow, Digikey, Future) two don't have it and the other two have it 
> as
> a non-stocked item on reels.

 >Gets to be a point where you're spending more time trying
> to buy parts than designing anything. Went looking for a EL inverter and
> found a nice chip. The disti would either sell me 20 @ $10 or 100 @ $2
>didn't  matter as long as they got their $200.
>
> One aspect that no one has mentioned is the size. SOT363 is very small 
>  >and
will be beyond what most people can solder at home. You are looking at 
 >leads
that are ~0.012" wide.

Yes and so what, its simply so that people has to get used to that.
DIP's is not the future for manufacturers today and we as small diy
fart's has to adapt to these facts. Wheter we like it or not!

Im using SOT323, its not fun but im not complaining either.
i simply cry and solder.

I remember people here at sdiy once complaining high and
loud about 1206 and 0805 but these sizes appears to be large
these days. Actually 1206 is a very comfortable size for you
dummers with parkinson and hangover from last nights escapades! :-)

KD