Chris wrote...

>Is it a good or bad idea to mount a PIC in the wide open real estate on the
>opposite side of a power transformer?  I have never tried this, but am
>tempted to now.....unless....

I'd be concerned about circuit board flexure because of the heavy
transformer, and I'd also be concerned (maybe very concerned) about
heat.  Provided you can manage these two things OK, I can't think of any
"electronic" reason why you couldn't do it.

Dave D.

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