We work almost always in surface mount, even down to 0201 packages BUT we also keep a bunch of various 1/4W thruhole resistors around because its so much easer to add a pup to something by tacking on something with leads.... But true to nature, one of our engineers asked the other day....is this a 22ohm or 220ohm.... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist