MOTM

>No offense intended, but IMNSHO SMT is really not a good reason to 
give up
>on DIY. Have you actually tried it? I have; it's not that hard. It's
>actually easier to solder an SMT IC than a through-hole DIP.
>There is a good introduction to hand-soldered SMT here:
>http://www.bdmicro.com/smt/

Just looked at that tutorial.  I can only imagine after a long day of 
working in front of the computer, with blurry eyes, and after a 
Quad-Shot Venti Soy Latte, trying to solder SMT.  It would be a pretty 
good comedy routine watching all those little chips bouncing on the PCB 
like a flea circus.  I think Kathryn Hepburn could probably do a better 
job of position an SMT capacitor on a PCB than me at 2AM.

Ivan

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