> Yes, but they can't simply put them in a box with some antistatic
> foam these days
Your argument makes sense if you're complaining about a lack of
package choices and this may have something to do with your
distributor. If not, then it wasn't economically feasible for your
preferred package to be manufactured anymore.
Don't get me wrong....I still buy DIP ICs and thru hole components but
only in quantities for prototype bread boarding. It's SMD all the way
after that....Smaller and cheaper (in most cases). Heck, we're talking
things like one hundred .1uf 16V caps for just over a dollar.
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
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> Yes, but they can't simply put them in a box with some antistatic
foam
> these days - without the palstic packaging they would get lost.
>