At 07:23 PM 12/29/98 -0500, Steve wrote:
>Hey ya'll...
>

>You know that old saying; "Long lead goes in the square hole."?...not on this
>board it don't...it bit me AGAIN! Dammit!! Why is it that there are a only a
>very few board designers that go against the rest of the world when it comes
>to going along with the same kind of polarity markings or conventions that
>everybody else uses? It seems to be more with LED's too...this is not the
>first time this has happened to me, and I'm sure it won't be the last. But
>that's what it wuz...

Don't be so quick to blame the Designer. We are seeing some Led's that have
the long lead on the Anode!
We have started to eliminate the Square pad and mark the "C" for cathode.
Of course now the assembler needs a data sheet.



Fred Pescitelli
Phoenix Designs
1285 Turner Rd.
Lilburn, GA 30047

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