> > We looked at this, but we also have to figure in the $0.05/placement co=
st,

> 5 cents placement cost for a simple 0805 part is out of line.

Is that what was actually meant?
It would be high in many cases.
One in-China manufacturer charges us 1/3 cent per "pin" - a somewhat
arbitrary swings-and roundabouts measure that nonetheless dominates
the cost of resistors and almost doubles the cost of small
transistors. (Resistors cost << 1 cent and installation costs 2/3
cent. BC807 and similar cost about 1.2 cents-ish and installation
costs 1 cent. A 14 pin SOIC is a disaster :-).


                     Russell McMahon
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