Timeline for Choosing an LED
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| Feb 3, 2013 at 17:07 | comment | added | The Photon | I'd agree, for work in a properly equipped lab. But in some cases (working in your garage without a proper microscope and only a RS soldering iron) it might actually be easier to solder one through hole LED than multiple 0603 SMT's. | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 16:46 | comment | added | Olin Lathrop | @TheP: Even if the labor is free, soldering surface mount LEDs by hand is still faster and easier than soldering thru hole LEDs by hand, so it's win either way. | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 16:31 | comment | added | The Photon | +1, but I'm not sure that machine-placement will give cost savings here. The labor rate for artists is even lower than for South-east-asian sweatshop workers. | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 16:24 | history | answered | Olin Lathrop | CC BY-SA 3.0 |