There are lots of SMD adapters that convert them into single-in-line footprints. These small pcbs work very well,
and I've used these for high frequency power converter development on breadboards. It's easy to replace the entire thing
when you have a meltdown, too.
Reminds me of that interview with Woody Allen: 'You hope to become immortal through your work?' ' No, I hope to become immortal by not dying!'.
Jan
Aachen is also from where all Linear Audio's are shipped!
Your German postal service is very, very good and rates are quite reasonable.
Furthermore, when my shipper and I agree on something, I can be sure he will keep it. All very important for this Dutchie
Jan
Sitting here side by side with Joachim, while eating pizza, makes all this really unimportant, lets get an other grass (can not edit the 'grass' it should be 'glass' but Joachim likes the mistake, so have fun )of whine, ahhh... there it is, I have not to leave today so I can ... Regards, from Frans East of the border (my border).
P.s. We are here at our own (private) version of 'Burning Amp'
)of whine, ahhh... there it is, I have not to leave today so I can ... Regards, from Frans East of the border (my border).P.s. We are here at our own (private) version of 'Burning Amp'
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I have not tried that. I'm using 0.8 mm diam solder and a very fine tipped Weller iron. I don't go under 0604 size for general work, but can do SC70 when pushed.
For focus, I just bought a pair of 2.5 reading glasses (I use 1.5 for normal reading).
I have to say, SMD is a hell of a lot of fun - I really enjoy putting the comps down!
I have done that in the meantime and used it to measure the noise of batteries
from 0.1 Hz to 1 MHz.
Results are in
< http://www.hoffmann-hochfrequenz.de/downloads/NoiseMeasurementsOnChemicalBatteries.pdf >
To make it short: NiCd rulez, and size DOES matter.
My Pb batteries are sulfated and perfect isolators now. Maybe I'll test
the battery of my motorcycle, but that means a lot of work.
regards, Gerhard
The most interesting picture is below.
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Aachen is also from where all Linear Audio's are shipped!
Your German postal service is very, very good and rates are quite reasonable.
Furthermore, when my shipper and I agree on something, I can be sure he will keep it. All very important for this Dutchie
Jan
A Dutchman flying Beligian colours?
A marauder?
SMD is here to stay, most assemblies these days are surface mount based for the many advantages it brings, size reduction, better EMC, better thermal management, smaller signal loops etc. I have seen technicians replace 0201 resistors (and some engineers), and on some designs we have placed 0201s between the balls on a BGA device on the same side.
The main advantage is size, the picture below shows a traditional 8 leg dual in line op-amp footprint with a SMD circuit (Audio) consisting of two dual op-amp packages and associated resistors and caps (HDI PCB construction, microvias laser drilled).
The one advantage of designing the PCBs is you can zoom in, so size becomes irrelevant when laying out, and most assemblies are automated so manual dexterity is only a concern when re-work is required. A big magnifying glass and steady hands
The main advantage is size, the picture below shows a traditional 8 leg dual in line op-amp footprint with a SMD circuit (Audio) consisting of two dual op-amp packages and associated resistors and caps (HDI PCB construction, microvias laser drilled).
The one advantage of designing the PCBs is you can zoom in, so size becomes irrelevant when laying out, and most assemblies are automated so manual dexterity is only a concern when re-work is required. A big magnifying glass and steady hands
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Ha ha!
I'm half South African, half Brit, married to a Dutch women, with German ('von' mind you) in laws on her side, a sister that has married an Austrian Baron and speaks fluent German, a brother married to an Afrikaner that settled 10 years ago in the USA, two nieces married to Americans. I live in Asia, but look forward to moving back to Manchester, England. Such is life . . .
I'm half South African, half Brit, married to a Dutch women, with German ('von' mind you) in laws on her side, a sister that has married an Austrian Baron and speaks fluent German, a brother married to an Afrikaner that settled 10 years ago in the USA, two nieces married to Americans. I live in Asia, but look forward to moving back to Manchester, England. Such is life . . .
Any explanation for the difference of these from the NIST study at the low end?
Missing the hills, rain, more rain, black puddings and Manchester Tarts (oh the M6 is still the same, static)
Buxton is glorious in summer . . . And Bakewell tarts with tea . . . Oh my
Interestingly, Bakewell sounds quite English. But it was actually an Anglo Saxon settlement from about 600 or 700 AD. The original town named was 'bad kwell' which modern Dutch and German speakers my be able to recognize as 'bath spring'. This later became anglicized to Bakewell in 13 or 14 hundreds. The tarts came along about 300 years ago IIRC.
It is also an outstanding center for hiking in the national park - but I digress!
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