[sdiy] SMT diodes: MELF vs. SOT-23 chip?

[Roman Sowa]

I used the following technique for those stubborn parts exposing belly 
to the sun.
Always pour loose parts on a small piece of paper, slightly bent, so it 
doesn't lay evenly flat, and use all that are in correct position. When 
there are only belly-up parts, gently hit the paper with a finger. They 
all jump and miraculously about half of them lands in good position to 
be picked up by tweezers.

Roman

W dniu 2015-09-24 o 12:46, Tom Bugs pisze:
> Many interesting points coming up!
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> Regarding shape - I actually find SOT23s somewhat annoying for hand
> soldering as they invariably seem to sit upside down and can be
> resistive to being flipped the right way up with tweezers!
>
> Tom
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