[Ronja] DIL ICs instead of SMD

[Bruce M Simpson]

Karel Kulhavy wrote:
> That's not true. Twister is still supported by Twibright Labs. It has still the
> official page at http://ronja.twibright.com/twister/ 
> It's also listed at http://ronja.twibright.com/modules_e.php
>   

Thanks for the correction, and sorry for the confusion! I was under the 
impression that it wasn't actively supported because the board didn't 
seem to be available.

I have not seen the TV interference problems with DVB-T in the UK, BTW.

>> It's in your interests to learn to work with SMD as soon as possible as 
>> it widens your options.
>>     
>
> I don't know Deepak Mishra's interests (Bruce M. Simpson behaves as if he knew), but a fact is, that I can solder the Twister2 SMD (1.27mm pitch) in 8 seconds with a soldering
> gun.
>   

Don't get me wrong, not trying to put words in anyone's mouths -- just 
saying that SMD has worked out really well for me, and surely Deepak (or 
anyone else for that matter) could only benefit from having a wider 
choice of components to choose from.

P.S. Once upon a time, I was scared that I couldn't solder anything, let 
alone SMD.

cheers
BMS