On Feb 25, 2010, at 7:17 AM, PICdude wrote:

> recommend using 1206 first

This was what I did, and 1206 is pretty easy to solder.  But the PCB  
footprint of a 1206 package is annoyingly about the same size as a  
vertically-mounted resistor, so you end up exerting more effort for  
not much space saving (except ... flatter.)

BillW

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