[sdiy] New digital synthesis projects under way

[John Luciani]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Eric Brombaugh<ebrombaugh1 at cox.net> wrote:

> One other caveat - I'm using SMD electrolytics for the first time on this
> board. I snagged the footprints from John Luciani's site and tweaked the
> pads to extend out beyond the edge of the plastic carrier in order to make
> hand soldering a bit easier.

I am curious how much you extend the pads for hand soldering. I had to
make a footprint for a capacitance sensor that only comes in an SON
package. I found that extending the pads 20 - 30mils from the body
was sufficient (I use a Metcal iron with a 20mil tip). Did you extend the
pads much more than that?

(* jcl *)

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