Don't hire a drunk cameraman to photo your products! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: blueskull
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 03:26:07 am
content: I came across this picture today, and I'm just curious is this is a joke, a drunk cameraman's work or a new package that I've never heard of.It looks like a 4 pin DIP in a DIP8 package, but what the hell has happened to its leads? Are they trying to tell us this part can be soldered as either gull wing or through hole?

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 03:44:17 am
content: No, this is a suggestion. Just flatten the leads, and boom, surface mount.

author: hans
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 07:16:05 am
content: I think the picture otherwise would have become too tall.

author: JoeN
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 08:59:51 am
content: I guess the cameraman was just some guy who has no knowledge of electronics and was just trying to stage the items in the photos to be as appealing as possible and this was his bright idea.

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 12:01:00 pm
content: The chip looks drunk... not the cameraman.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 12:20:24 pm
content: You've all got it wrong. Buyer got it off eBay and had it shipped directly to the photographer.There's just so much protection you can expect from a handful of DIP packages thrown into an envelope.

author: ModemHead
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 12:32:18 pm
content: The chip actually contains a Cyberdyne processor, has become self-aware, and is trying to compute the shortest route to get away from the bright lights. And also planning the eventual demise of humanity.

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 02:28:11 pm
content: To throw 2 spanners in the works.....(1) I also USED to work as a commercial photographer for importers... sounds simple !I would often receive a 'Pallet' of goods, to be photographed for catalog books etc.Do you know how hard it is to 'Inventory' all that, with 'Cat' & 'Ref' numbers/codeswhile photographing !!, and determine how the 'product' should look !!....(Although, YES, this one should be obvious)(2) In regard to the 'drunkenness' of the 'photographer'......I often did 'Wedding' photos too, as a side-line, and NO, 'I' was not drunk, but....I always laughed when I 'originally' took photos of the "Wedding Party", all sombreand sober, and would come BACK to them an hour or two later for the Bridal Danceetc.....THEY are all 'pissed', and behaving so differently !!I could tell some stories !!!!!

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 03:44:19 pm
content: Quote from: blueskull on March 31, 2018, 03:26:07 amI only see 3 legs

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 08:19:32 pm
content: Quote from: Galenbo on March 31, 2018, 03:44:19 pmLEGLESS ?

author: chris_leyson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 08:59:47 pm
content: @Galenbo Well spottedDIP8 with 3 leads, that's a new one, I think it's got to be a photoshop mistake or a very obscure part. It's marked International Rectifier but the part marking didn't produce any hits. Maybe it really has 3 pins.

author: ogden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 09:16:28 pm
content: Quote from: chris_leyson on March 31, 2018, 08:59:47 pmIt'sPVI5050NPBFor similar, it really has 4 pins in DIP8 package.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 09:22:51 pm
content: The question is if you need to use a DIP-4 socket for practicality, or a DIP-8 socket for OCD...

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 10:09:26 pm
content: Oh that's using the new Hybrid Mount(TM) technology. It's surface mount AND through hole!

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 10:44:39 pm
content: Quote from: Red Squirrel on March 31, 2018, 10:09:26 pmstop stealing my jokes

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 10:58:26 pm
content: Quote from: TwoOfFive on March 31, 2018, 10:44:39 pmMake him!

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2018, 02:08:57 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on March 31, 2018, 10:58:26 pmok