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From: "Jai Dhar" <jdhar@ENGMAIL.UWATERLOO.CA>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: IR sending/receiving


> I want DIP for two reasons basically... one, it seems to be a lot easier
to
> prototype with. Second, I haven't worked with SMT before. Sure, I could
learn,
> but time is kind of important in this application. I wouldn't want to have
to
> make a little board just so I could play with this IC, but maybe I will
have
> to.

No, Jai, as Olin pointed out these devices are large 3 pin ones, with the
form factor roughly that of a TO220 package. You can even plug them into a
breadboard; you will have absolutely no difficulties (the kind one
associates with SMDs) soldering them.

If you can solder a 3 pin TO220 voltage regulator, you could solder these as
well.

Regards,

Anand Dhuru

>
> Anyway, looking around on Vishay, Infineon and Agilent, it doesn't seem
like
> I'm going to get any DIP packages, so SMT it is. This will be an
interesting
> experiment :-)
>
> Quoting Olin Lathrop <olin_piclist@EMBEDINC.COM>:
>
> > > Do you know perhaps anything in a DIP package?
> >
> > I've never heard of that.
> >
> > Most of these modules stand up from the PCB to receive the IR parallel
to
> > it.  They are also only 3 pins (power, ground, signal out), so this
> > doesn't sound like a good fit for a DIP.
> >
> > Why do you want DIP?
> >
> >
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