[sdiy] Selecting Components

[PLEASE-NO-CC- Roy J. Tellason]

On Wednesday 06 September 2006 03:03 pm, Ian Fritz wrote:
> At 12:37 PM 9/6/2006, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> >No they're not,  they're too damn small!  The smaller the part the more
> >difficulty I have with these large hands,  not to mention that it's
> > getting harder for me to see the damn things!
>
> Well, no argument on that part!  Also the colors always seem unclear, so
> you need a good strong light source to read them.

Yeah,  that too...

I have a magnifying glass sitting on my desk,  a slightly stronger one sitting 
in the drawer,  and a stronger one yet in a bag in there,  plus one of those 
illuminated magnifying lamps handy.

>  But still, it's true that you hardly ever need to dissipate even 1/10 W for
> most synth applications.

No argument with that part.  :-)

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