FANTASTIC MrAl,
it will take me a couple of days to set it up and test it out on a breadboard then I'll build up the SMD circuit. Thank You Mr Al if you need any of my extra stuff let me know and I'll ship it to you. Bye the way What do I owe you for all your time and knowledge?
Well let's see, at $270 dollars an hour, that comes out too:
(just kidding).
I dont expect to get paid from you, i just like to help with circuits
that's all. I hope that you get a lot of enjoyment with this circuit,
and maybe win something at one of the shows too.
The microcontroller circuit ic chip DIP package is about 1/8 inches
high. That's the height only, and the length is about 0.5 inches
long and the width just a hair over 0.3 inches wide.
See i can make one of these if you think it could fit, but it would
be harder for me to do the SMD package because for one i dont
have any stock ic chips so i would have to order them and also
i would have to set up a jig with a socket to hold the SMD package
because my programmer uses a DIP socket. It's possible but it
would take me some time to set up. On the other hand, i could
probably have a DIP package made in a couple days.
The dip package leads could be soldered to directly or else
bent out at right angles and soldered down like an SMD part
only the leads are spaced 0.1 inches apart instead of 0.05 inches.
I would have jumped with this idea sooner but you had told me that
your height restriction was 0.087 inches, and this would be about
0.1 to 0.125 inches high. Is there any chance at all that you could
squeeze another 0.02 to 0.04 inches for the height?
Another idea i guess is to prototype using a DIP package, and if
that works out switch to SMD at a later date.
Your thoughts on this?
Also, may i ask how you are soldering the SMD packages as they are small?