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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] SMD package question

2016-01-01 by Jean-Paul Louis

Alan,

PDIP-8 is a Trough-Hole package, while SO-8 is SMT.
It all depend on your soldering skills, but I would say BOTH are easy.

Regards,
Jean-Paul
N1JPL

> On Jan 1, 2016, at 3:15 PM, alan00463@... [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Which SMT package is easier & quicker to solder ?
> PDIP-8 or SOIC-8   
> 
> It's for a TLC555 chip.
> 
>

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