2.54 mm is DEFINED as 0.1 inch. The conversion is EXACT. -John
================ > 2.54 mm pitch is close enough to the .1 in "standard". The through-hole > DIP chips will fit fine. I used to build stuff with .1 in perfboard, > sockets, and wire-wrap but only use a very few glue chips now and > pinboards. They don't have to be shot in rockets . . . > My only bitch currently is with the absurd gaps in the Arduino boards > Grrrrrr. > Don > > > Bob Stewart >> I need to get some largish prototype boards for my project. Has the >> industry standardized on a 0.10" pitch for hole spacing? IOW, if the ad >> says 2.54mm pitch will I get a board that will fit American chips, or >> will I just get something metric sized for the landfill? I ask, because >> I've got a prototype board sitting around here someplace that is >> unusable because the pitch isn't quite right. Needless to say, I'm >> ordering this from ebay from a seller in China or Hong Kong or >> someplace, points East. >> >> Bob - AE6RV >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > > -- > "Neither the voice of authority nor the weight of reason and argument > are as significant as experiment, for thence comes quiet to the mind." > De Erroribus Medicorum, R. Bacon, 13th century. > "If you don't know what it is, don't poke it." > Ghost in the Shell > > > Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL > Six Mile Systems LLP > 17850 Six Mile Road > POB 134 > Huson, MT, 59846 > VOX 406-626-4304 > Skype: buffler2 > www.lightningforensics.com > www.sixmilesystems.com > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.