On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 14:14 -0500, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: ... snip > Where you run into extra expense is if you get the boards assembled. > Adding through-hole parts means that the boards need to go through an > extra process - wave solder / cleaning. It may also change the SMT > process - adding glue for example, so SMT parts aren't washed away in > the wave solder machine. > > I'd go with through-hole parts. > > - Steve
Thanks for the reply, Steve. I was planning on assembling the boards myself. When you say "I'd go with through-hole parts.", do you mean the terminal blocks, or all parts? I thought now would be a good time to get used to through-hole parts going away. I thought SMT screw terminals would be a long-shot, but I have some surplus telecomm boards here that have some beefy double row pin connectors in SMT, so I thought I'd ask. But as you say, these are inside a housing and probably cycled a few times, worst case. That's good news about the holes being inexpensive. I was thinking I should go with a single side board to avoid holes. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
