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Originally Posted by AAngel
Cut tape means just what it sound like. The SMT components come packaged on a plastic tape and they just cut the tape to fill your order. On the tape and reel, you get a whole reel of the components on the tape. For smaller quantities, you'll be getting cut tape. It's what I always get. It you've never bought any sort of quantity from digikey before, just be sure to check their quantity pricing. A lot of the times, buying 250 only costs a little bit more than buying 50.
Oh, the stuff I used to buy that came on cut tape were really small resistors; 0603 through 1210. I don't know that a component, as large as a capacitor used on an esc, would come in cut tape form. Make sure that what you are getting is the physical size that you want. I don't know.
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oh okay, after I typed the message, I kinda figured it out. I remember when I bought some resistors as well, they came on a line of tape, in the leads.