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Steve Hodge wrote:
> I'm a newbie to SMT devices and I'm doing my first pcb layout with them.
> With DIP packages I usually arrange them in a column straddling a Vcc power
> bus.  Is it OK to do the same with SOIC packages?  
Absolutely no problem doing that - as long as there is enough space - 
also makes it easier to place decoupling caps.

George Smith