[time-nuts] Nifty "MINI TIC" for DMTD

[Volker Esper]

I bought a stereo microscope some days before and I agree with Bob. I 
keep building non-RF projects the classical way (through hole) but if it 
comes to radio frequency I prefer SMD since high frequency is easier to 
handle. Can you tinker with the idea of buying a stereo microscope? It's 
absolute fun to easily solder those miniature parts!

Volker - DF9PL


Am 08.02.2013 01:15, schrieb Robert Darlington:
> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Don Latham<djl at montana.com>  wrote:
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>> through hole forever :-)
>> Don of the old hands and blurred vision :-)
>>
>> ewkehren
>>      
>
>
> I grew out of thru-hole about 10 years ago.  My nearly 40 year old eyes
> have trouble reading the numbers on 0603 parts for the past few years, but
> it's amazingly easy under a stereo microscope.  Much faster to stuff boards
> with surface mount parts since I don't need to keep flipping them over and
> cutting leads.  Even folks with very shaky hands can solder up tiny surface
> mount parts.  The brain is an amazing PID controller.  Using a microscope
> at 30x means your hands shake at about 1/30th of what they did before.
>
> -Bob
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