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From: Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net>
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Subject: Re: Small batch SMT tools?
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 20:51:56 -0000 (UTC)
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john larkin <jlarkin_highland_tech> wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 17:07:08 -0000 (UTC), Ian
> <${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 2024-08-24, john larkin <jlarkin_highland_tech> wrote:
>>> It's crazy that, starting from the earliest days of ICs, you can make
>>> a mistake by rotating a part. You couldn't plug in a tube wrong.
>> 
>> Challenge accepted :)
> 
> And they used the tube convention of counting pins counter-clockwise,
> which actually doesn't make much sense for ICs.
> 
> 
> 
> 

They’re clockwise looking at the bottom, proving once again that dead bug
is the One True Prototyping Style. ;)

Cheers 

Phil Hobbs 

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Dr Philip C D Hobbs  Principal Consultant  ElectroOptical Innovations LLC /
Hobbs ElectroOptics  Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics