MOTM

When this came up on the Oakley list, I suggested small interface daughter
boards.  Is this possible with something small that could have the ship
already wave soldered to it.  Then the board can be attached in the space we
would have otherwise stuck the DIP.  Surely there are many ways to do that
without adding $30 to the price of a module.

But, OTOH, if you only had to add $30 to the cost of an occasional module
and the alternative was not making use of a very cool chip, then the $30
would not bother me.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: sikorsky <vulture.squadron@...>
To: MOTM List <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 2:57 AM
Subject: Re: [motm] Opinions on surface mounting


hello all,

there was a discussion along these lines on the Oakley list not long ago
in my opinion having to work with SMD would start to take the fun out of the
kits
they're a nice little stress free zone - i've only ever had experience of
SMD once, and it was not fun at all
if there were a good way of converting SMD to DIP size i'd be interested, i
think i'd also be prepared too shell out an extra $30 for the DIP version
but as paul said previously, most of his modules are now pre-assembled - so
excluding SMD stuff for the benefit of kit builders would could be
detrimental to the programme

i think craig got it in a nutshell earlier:
"I don't think I mind too much, at least not for the not-so-teeny devices
you're talking about.  These days having so much stuff in surface mount
probably means dealing with it eventually, and I may as well learn it from
the school of MOTM."

maybe we could be eased into the SMD thing gently - first SMD kit - a nice
spacious board & low parts count

cheers
paul b





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