- Sun May 22, 2011 5:28 pm
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I just noticed that my plastic stencil is cut wrong. Despite the GTP layer having all the needed holes in it, the stencil has only things that are square.
That got me thinking. All the pads for my surface mount resistors, capacitors, LEDs and such (size 0805) are round. Had they been square they would have made it to the stencil, although I think they should have anyhow.
Is there an advantage to one shape over the other for these components?
That got me thinking. All the pads for my surface mount resistors, capacitors, LEDs and such (size 0805) are round. Had they been square they would have made it to the stencil, although I think they should have anyhow.
Is there an advantage to one shape over the other for these components?