Quoting Tom Messenger : > Jai, > perhaps what you should say is that you want "through hole" parts vs "smt". > DIP means Dual Inline Package - two rows of pins parallel. You are right, my mistake :-) Ya, I'm aware of the difference, I'm just so used to referring to all thu-hole as dip that I slipped up on here, not good.. anyway, I am a bit intimidated by SMT, but I suppose I should try it as some point or another. I just hope it doesn't take too much extra equipment. > > I won't say none are available but the emphasis for the last several years > is smaller parts that are easier for automatic assembly processes which > means smt. > > Finally, don't be put off by smt. It's far easier than it looks, > especially if you only have a few to do. You could put an smt IR module > onto a board full of through hole parts and it would likely be easy. Look > for parts with fewer leads with the greatest pin to pin spacing and at > first, avoid parts with lots of leads closely spaced. After you get good > at it (you will), then you can try 408 lead ball grid array parts. ;) > > Good luck! > Tom M. > > At 10:37 AM 6/7/03 -0400, you wrote: > >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. > > > >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 :-) > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > ---------------------------------------- This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics