Joe,
     And usually you will discover that you need the part at 9 pm on a=20
Saturday evening and the prototype is supposed to be done on Monday=20
morning. Oops!
rich! :)

On 2/7/2015 10:44 PM, IVP wrote:
>> 0603 are tiny and really difficult to work with manually.
>> 0805 are about the smallest components I can work with
>> and keep my sanity
> I can do a few 0603 but wouldn't want to do a lot. They're
> OK for under DIP packages for example as pull-ups etc and
> the last 1uF MMC I got happen to be 0603, but I do prefer
> 0805 or 1206 if there's room
>
>> Those protection diodes are good to have and cover all
>> possible bases, but probably aren't needed unless your load
>> has enough inductive energy to exceed Vds or Vgs
> I agree that it's better to have them and not need them than
> need them and not have them. I appreciate though that it
> seems wasteful to order parts that might never be used. But
> it's more economic to add a couple to a planned order rather
> than have to do a small second order
>
> The gate zener is definitely advisable, I'm not so sure that a
> TVS will be necessary
>
> Joe
>

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