[sdiy] Re: size

[harry bissell]

Savor the moment...

once you fire them up... they won't be matched for long :^P

H^) harry

JH. wrote:
> 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:
>
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>> 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.
>>     
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>  >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
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> 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
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