Llamarama
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Hello everyone, I'm planning on making a CMOS based car alarm for a friends original mini. The brains will be stuck in a plastic box in the engine bay for space reasons, but there will probably be a fair amount of vibration. Would it be better to use Dips and sockets with a tie wrap/zip tie holding each chip in place, use dips directly soldered to the board or SMD devices for maximum reliability? I'll probably be using 60/40 lead solder as it's what I have in the house. Any pointers? Many thanks - Mike