I've really taken to giving SMD components a shot, and I am wondering if any of you members out there have any tips, such as what's the smallest component size you've used? I do not think I'll try anything below the 1608 because at that point the size of the package is so small you need tweezers & steady hands. The tweezers I have. The hands? Not so much.
Does anyone have any recommended starter kits? I know they aren't too expensive since Jameco lists some parts as 0.0099 cents. Not even 1% of 1 penny it costs to make some of them. Plus I like how you can get them in the thousands and maybe take up a one liter bottle of space. That's awesome since I don't have much workspace. How would you recommend storing them? I saw some binders for sale, which I don't think I would use or buy. I just storing them in say, a mason jar work? I'm thinking about mass storage and ease of access as well. So can they easy be grabbed, picked up, whatever?
Thanks for any help.
Does anyone have any recommended starter kits? I know they aren't too expensive since Jameco lists some parts as 0.0099 cents. Not even 1% of 1 penny it costs to make some of them. Plus I like how you can get them in the thousands and maybe take up a one liter bottle of space. That's awesome since I don't have much workspace. How would you recommend storing them? I saw some binders for sale, which I don't think I would use or buy. I just storing them in say, a mason jar work? I'm thinking about mass storage and ease of access as well. So can they easy be grabbed, picked up, whatever?
Thanks for any help.