Most of the devices I have seen, actually, all of the transceivers I have seen
aren't anything like To-220. They are like DIP except with SMT size pins...
www.digikey.ca, part number 425-1170-1-ND (that's what I'm thinking of) for
example. I think what Olin was describing maybe was just an emitter or
receiver. I actually need a transceiver that is compliant with IrDA, and these
tend to be ~8 pins in some sort of smaller package unfortunately.

Quoting Anand Dhuru <ardhuru@VSNL.COM>:

> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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