hi,

well, the nice thing about ansi/ipc-d-275 is that they don't pussyfoot
around this issue.  they must have actually had manufacturing in mind when
they wrote the following paragraph and inserted figure 4-38.

'4.4.2.1 end-capped discrete components.  end-capped discrete resistor and
capacitor components, and similar leadless end-capped discrete components,
shall not be stacked, nor shall they bridge spacing between other parts or
components, such as terminals or other mounted compnents (see figure 4-38).

'end-cap discrete leadless components with electrical elements deposited on
an external surface, such as chip resistors, shall be mounted with the
deposited surface facing away from the printed board (see figure 4-39).'

don't need a lawyer here do you?

phil crepeau

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