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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: SMD popular component sizes

2006-01-27 by Dave Hylands

Hi Derek,

> Provided you're definitely hand soldering and not reflowing, a "trick"
> to use for easy visual placement of these small components is not to
> use standard reflow pad layouts. Instead, import them into your library
> editor, modify them accordingly and save as new HS (or whatever)
> layouts.

What would the changes be in the "modify them accordingly" step?

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Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/

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