Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> Speaking of screw sizes... Since we sell our products internationally,
> I've been suggesting moving away from US hardware and towards metric. So
> far no one agrees. We really do get stuck on measurement systems. When I
> was a kid, my father gave me a job at his company. My first job was
> sorting screws that had gotten mixed together. He said "I have engineers
> that don't know screw sizes." He wanted to make sure I wasn't one of them=
..
> But, I still don't know metric screw sizes.
>  =20
It's certainly much easier to get metric screws than US screws* here in=20
the UK
> Speaking of measurements, how many are designing circuit boards using mm,
> and how many using mils (thousanths of inch)?
>  =20
Personally I design in whichever matches the bulk of components on the=20
board
and/or the system into which the board will be integrated.
> Harold
>  =20
* with the exception of the screws commonly used in PCs (why the hell do=20
PCs use
a metric screw and a UNC screw of such similar size anyway....)
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