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From: "Dave Hylands" <dhylands@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: SMD popular component sizes


> Hi Derek,
>
>> Provided you're definitely hand soldering and not reflowing, a "trick"
>> to use for easy visual placement of these small components is not to
>> use standard reflow pad layouts. Instead, import them into your library
>> editor, modify them accordingly and save as new HS (or whatever)
>> layouts.
>
> What would the changes be in the "modify them accordingly" step?

Make them a bit longer. I often do this with the pads for SM chips.

Leon
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