I have Strong Opinions on strange things that most people don't even know exists

like whenever TO-247 is an option I'll use that over TO-220 any day

I would rather use a Microchip, Linear Technology, or Analog Devices device than a TI or Maxim one

solderless breadboards are a necessary evil but an evil nonetheless

30 mil trace width minimum when I can get away with it

SOT-23 is good, SOT-23-6 is bad

I am not a fan of TO-263s or TO-253s. (an unpopular opinion but they're hard to solder)

@Felthry what's wrong with breadboards

they're super good for prototyping or like, building something you plan to take apart later

@monorail also they tend to melt if you push more than like 50mA through them

@Felthry those are both very good reasons to not make certain things on breadboards but for "hey i bet i can make an arduino drive this motor" they're very good

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@monorail given that our area of expertise, such as it is, is high-frequency, high-power switching converters...

@Felthry yeah that's fair

i don't think they're evil though! just not that useful for u

@monorail calling them an evil might be exaggeration

we have encountered tons of people who can't figure out why their 20MHz oscillator won't oscillate on a breadboard though, and it's kind of frustrating that they never teach people about the downsides of things like that

also I like surface mount components

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