MOTM

Surface mount technology (SMT) is VERY small, so small that it would be easy to ruin a kit with a little slip of the soldering iron.  I imagine that the 500 and 600 series have so many components that they wouldn't all fit if they were normal sized.

Also, I think that PICs (programmable ICs?, which Paul S. is using at the heart of several of these modules) use SMT-sized pins.  Could be wrong on that one.

--PBr

-----Original Message-----
From: xiphiguy [mailto:tahrens@...]
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 12:55 PM
To: motm@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [motm] 500 & 600 series


Could someone please explain a little about surface mount, 
and why it necessarily precludes a kit format?