On Jan 28, 2007, at 9:05 AM, Olin Lathrop wrote:

>> Maybe because for a hobbyist (large part of my customers) the
>> 'clumsyness' of a DIP40 does not matter much,
>
> That's surprising to me.  When I'm building a one-off I'm working
> a lot as a hobbyist.  I just don't like the physically big parts.

Me either, but I've started to notice that the price differential
has gotten so small that I might be ignoring important chips.  Why
should I waste time with complex external circuits (ok, not THAT
much more complex) when I could pay $.25 extra and throw pins at
the same problem?

BillW
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