Hi Charles.

11-Jun-03 21:41:00, Charles Angelich wrote to Roy J. Tellason

 CA> I'm just a casual observer now and don't remember all the details
 CA> but as I remember it they had a conductive cement for 'soldering'
 CA> that required no heat?

maybe similar to demister repair paint?

 CA> Seems it is cheaper to include many circuits into a surface mount
 CA> chip then you only use the ones you need?

for digital applications use a microcontroller chip?

 CA> Entire preamps with amplifiers etc. all in one chip.

some of them seem pretty specialised...

 CA> The number 555 comes to mind as one hobby chip that there was a
 CA> surface mount equivalent for?

the 555 has plenty non-hobby applications too.
F/E i've seen 556s and 558s on joystiick I/O cards



 -=> Bye <=-

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