On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 2:38 PM, rocko <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I kinda noticed that. > It's a good idea to use sockets for transistors.
Well, - Sockets add capacitance (and inductance), which can adversely affect some circuits. Check out "Miller effect". - Transistors are so cheap, the cost of a socket is generally not worth it. - Transistors can get knocked out of their sockets, so there is also a reliability issue. Cheers, - Jan
