On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 19:00 -0600, Dwayne Reid wrote:
> This particular incident wasn't my mistake but it easily could have=20
> been - I'm sorta used to a package name (eg SOIC) having a specified=20
> lead pitch and I might have decided to skip my usual "check twice"=20
> policy.  As it was, I did have a good look at the board layout before=20
> it was sent out and it *NEVER* occurred to me that the PIC footprint=20
> might be wrong.

FWIW I sometimes go so far as to make scale models of my board and
"unfamiliar" parts to ensure parts are what I expect them to be...

that said, the days of assuming pitch are long over. A friend of mine a
few years ago made a board that we ALL checked. Only after it came back
did we realize that the JTAG header on the board was 2.54mm pitch, and
the JTAG programming cable was 2mm pitch... we've had to use the flying
lead adapter ever since.

TTYL

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