[sdiy] Need help with a SMD kit (OT?)

[sleepy_dog at gmx.de]

I previously knew MELF only for SMD diodes. Perhaps it comes from that. 
I mean those with glass tubes. Probably more expensive to put something 
a round the ends that then makes it square?

Am 20.07.2017 um 17:39 schrieb Neil Johnson:
>   David Moylan <dave at westphila.net> wrote:
>> Yeah, I've been aware of MELFs, but not sure why they don't put square ends
>> on them.
> Well, they come from the same production line as wire-ended metal film
> resistors, just before they weld on the wires.  So they are easier to
> get into hi-rel products (automotive, aerospace, etc) due to the
> well-characterised production process.
>
> Neil