-----Original Message----- On Behalf Of Adam Smith
> Subject: [DC] Mixing least, Nominal, and Most footprints.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What is the general consensus on mixing least, nominal, and 
> most footprints on a single PCB? I am of the mindset that you 
> should chose one and go with it. Others at my company think 
> that we should only use least where necessary and if space 
> allows use the larger footprints. Thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Adam

Hmmm, interesting question.
If your world is like ours, Adam, you're specifically asking about
discretes.

Our approach has been to use Nominal (or Most in some cases) on
discretes,
and then only use Least if absloutely necessary to squeeze things to fit
(which is happening more frequently on each successive project).

We did this on prototypes anticipating feedback from assembly SEMs.
We got silence (so far).

Craig

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