On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Oli Glaser <oli.glaser@talktalk.net> wrote:

>  Yes, that sounds like you have it right.
> It says the leads are 0.5mm, so anything a little larger than that
> should do. 1mm actually sounds a little large for such thin leads, but
> I'd go with the recommended footprint. Definitely don't use larger holes.
> Whatever hole size, under normal circumstances make the pad at least
> 0.6mm larger (=3D>0.3mm annular ring) so pretty much any board house can
> make it cheap. 1.7mm is fine for the pad.


Thanks.

And yep, that's the general rule that I use (0.7mm larger pad diameter).
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