[time-nuts] surface mount (was PICTIC II Parts from Mouser)
Robert J Marinelli
bobm at stanford.edu
Tue Jul 20 01:22:09 UTC 2010
Hi Richard,
Yes, used to feel that way - until acquiring a surplus dissecting
(stereo) microscope, now I actually *prefer* surface mount. Much
easier to move parts around, it's easy to apply paste & solder entire
boards in a $50 toaster oven, and access to all the latest parts.
Hard to believe, but really is easier once you can clearly see. For
some nice tuturials, see the sparkfun website, also the schmartboard
website. Also, when I lay out surface mount boards, they tend to be
smaller overall, and so a bit lower cost.
Please do try with a low cost stereo microscope - it changes
everything :)
-Bob
p.s. Finger size is no issue - tweezers work nicely. Oh and surface
mount resistors & caps are unbelievably low cost in cut tape, and
super easy to handle that way. Much better than loose parts IMO.
On Jul 19, 2010, at 4:59 PM, Richard H McCorkle wrote:
> The TS272CN is an acceptable substitute for the TS272ACN in the
> PICTIC II but as noted has a higher input offset voltage. This
> can be compensated for in the second stage by adjustment of
> the offset trimmer. I selected premium parts for temperature
> stability in the application. Sorry the manufacturers are
> making "human compatible" devices obsolete and only carrying
> over surface mount devices as they go Pb free for the EU
> market. Makes it difficult to keep up with what's available
> and harder for amateurs with fat fingers and poor eyesight
> like myself to build simple projects!
>
> Richard
>
>
>> Here we go again!
>>
>> The TS272ACN has just gone 'non-stocked' at Mouser. Will the TS272CN
>> degrade the performance? It looks like the difference between the
>> two
>> is the TS272CN has a higher input offset voltage.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
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