??? 01/21/06 10:33 Read: times |
#107970 - Commercial DIP applications Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Richard Erlacher said:
... and, most of all, because they don't drop into a DIP40 socket, they don't fill all amateur needs. Erik Malund said:
I correct with the bold since no industrial app is made today in anything but surface mount. There is still a very large amount of the current Consumer electronic gear using through-hole! I'm thinking things like HiFi, Clock-Radios, etc. Yes, the micrcontroller would normally be surface-mount (or even a bare die under a blob of plastic), but the rest would be through-hole. |