A few years ago the European Community legislated to have the lead
removed from electronic products.  I don't know when the final deadline
is for removal of the lead.  My previous company which sold lots of
products to European countries was very serious about telling their
vendors to "Get the Lead Out".

Steve Smith
Electrical Engineer


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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Craft
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 8:51 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: [PIC]: PDIP600 Pb-Free

From buy.microchip.com:

Part Number: PIC18F452-I/PG
Lead Count: 40
Package Type: PDIP600 Pb-Free
Temp Range: -40C to +85C
Packing Media: Tube

This is the first I've seen of chips being lead (Pb) free (not to be
confused with "leadless" chips :-)

Is this new or something that I've missed in the Digikey listings?

thanks
chuckc

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