Hi Like it or not, the world is going to BGA’s. Even the “fine pitch” leaded stuff is slowly going away. You might or might not like soldering a fine pitch IC. Doing a BGA at home - sorry, not for me. I doubt it’s on the “fun list” for anybody else either. We had better all get used to the idea that a part on a board is the “smallest unit of construction” for this or that project.
Thankfully the fine people far over the ocean seem to be able to put a part on a board for less money than I can buy the raw part. They as a group also seem to deliver a working (though maybe a bit messy) part every time I’ve got this or that. Hook a couple boards up and *poof* instant project. Even mounted to a board the stuff is still tiny. Unless you are doing a “wearable” project it’ll be plenty small enough. Go for the board, it’s the way you do a prototype these days !! That’s every bit as true at work as it is at home …. Bob > On Aug 9, 2015, at 12:20 PM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: > > I looked at the site its the typical cmall board with everything on it. > Saves you the trouble of doing that very fine soldering. > No antenna. > Regards > Paul > WB8TSL > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> HI >> >> Discrete as in resistors and transistors or discrete as in “stuff plus an >> MCU”? >> >> Bob >> >>> On Aug 7, 2015, at 11:33 PM, Donald <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 8/7/2015 4:30 PM, Clint Turner wrote: >>>> ( very detailed explanation snipped ) >>> >>> Thank You for your explanation, I had thought of this as well, but I do >> not know enough to implement this. >>> >>> Looking at the WWVB chips that were available, what might it take to >> make a discrete version of those designs ?? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
