Modular Synth Panels

Hello,

I haven't found the answer yet myself WRT polystyrene caps. But I do
know that mixed-mode PCB's using both SMD and TH are still pretty
common. We used to use a contract MFR that did those for us
regularly. Might be a solution/workaround?

Hope this helps,

Ballendo

--- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, "Andy"
<squirrelmasterxx@...> wrote:

>
> Hi Friends,
>
> I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who posted info on
> drilling dotcom panels the other month. It went (mostly) perfect
> thanks to all of your recommendations! I will probably be picking

up

> a drill press eventually so as i increase the bit size I don't

stray

> from where I intended the origin.
>
> so, on to my next question...
> I've been doing PCB design and layout for this guitar effects

pedal

> company for about a year now and our new design is quite bulky and

I

> was asked to fit it on a very small PCB. I suggested moving
> everything to Surface Mount instead of the Through Hole that they
> were used to.
> I'm wasn't very worried about this because at my workplace we use

90%

> SMT components so I lay them out on a daily basis. Unfortunately,
> I've been able to find everything but Polyester Film Capacitors
> available in Surface Mount.
>
> Does anyone know if these exist in SMT or any other equivalent

types

> of capacitors that would work great for audio applications?
>
> I know recently Paul at Synthesis Technology changed all of his
> modules over to surface mount, how did he handle the capacitors?
>
> Thanks a bunch!
>
> -Andrew
>