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This one is just for the heck of it. I don't plan doing 0402 parts on a regular basis.

Apparently I goofed up again. The footprint was a 0603 one, but even for that size it was rather small. The next revision comes with 0805 with wide pads for hand-soldering. So what do you do if the footprint is too small for 0805? You go looking for 0603 LEDs! And if you can't find any of those, you just use 0402 ones ;-) I had to use heavy magnification for this one. The LEDs are so light they easily stick to the tweezers if only the slightest amount of "finger-grease" is on them. It's a good thing I refrained from buying 0201s. They would've pushed me over the edge.

Apparently I goofed up again. The footprint was a 0603 one, but even for that size it was rather small. The next revision comes with 0805 with wide pads for hand-soldering. So what do you do if the footprint is too small for 0805? You go looking for 0603 LEDs! And if you can't find any of those, you just use 0402 ones ;-) I had to use heavy magnification for this one. The LEDs are so light they easily stick to the tweezers if only the slightest amount of "finger-grease" is on them. It's a good thing I refrained from buying 0201s. They would've pushed me over the edge.

I was planning to use 0402 components in my next project, as well as AVRs in MLF20. Saving space is good I thought. Now that I have seen the size of these LEDs, or more precisely the LACK thereof, I'm not so sure anymore. 1206 and 0805 are not critical and I have dealt with these many times before, but 0402... holy sh... for these I'd need a new pair of glasses + a good magnifying monocle.