We are using 90 percent through hole still on our cost restrictive consumer
electronics.  Out pcb's our single and double sided.  The reason we like
this technology is the fact that you can change the span of the component,
say from 0.500" to 0.750" to allow for easier routing of the pcb traces.
And even by changing the span you still are only stocking one component.

With SMT you have to stock the various package sizes in order to shove more
traces under a part.  For us so far through hole is still way more cost
effective than smt and will continue to be for the forseeable future.

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