Homebrew PCBs

> 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. 

--- In 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.
>