Future: 0603 versus 0402 parts

Ok, have to decide whether to default to 0603 or 0402 for resistors and stuff on a new design. Wow, this time I am not size constrained.

Looking at Digikey it comes up with 143 pages (has risen) for 0402 resistors and 218 pages for 0603. Looking at prices 0603 still has a leg up, around $0.003 for a 10K while its 0402 counterpart runs about twice that. Is 0603 going to be a good choice for the next years? Or better stick to 0402?

Of course from a debug point of view I hate to deal with 0402. With chips the situation seems to be more clear cut. Things definitely seem to be going TSSOP there.

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Regards, Joerg

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