gEDA-user: size of 0402 footprint

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My next project will take into the realms of the barely visible: 
PCB estate is at premium. So I decided to bite the bullet and switch to 
0402 sized SMD parts, rather than 0805 I use by default'. Now, what size 
should the footprint be? The one supplied by the default lib of pcb seems 
to be real small (/pcblib-newlib/geda/0402.fp). John Luciani's 0402 
footprint is about twice the size. 

The majority of parts will be populated by a third party in a reflow 
oven. I guess, they are ok with the small size footprint. They even told 
me not to choose large footprints as this would encourage tomb stoning. 
However, I will need to manually rework some of the more sensitive 
resistors. Would that be possible with the small size footprints?

Any recommendation? 

---<(kaimartin)>---
-- 
Kai-Martin Knaak
http://lilalaser.de/blog



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