BEST & FLANAGAN

                   Professional Limited Liability Partnership

                              4000 FIRST BANK PLACE
                             601 SECOND AVENUE SOUTH
                             MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
                                   55402-4331

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                                October 10, 1997



Micro Component Technology, Inc.
2340 West County Road C
St. Paul, MN 55113-2528

        RE:   Form S-8 Registration Statement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

        You have requested our opinion with regard to the legality of the
proposed offering by Micro Component Technology, Inc. (the "Company") of an
additional 250,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per
share, in connection with the Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). In
rendering this opinion, we have reviewed the Articles of Incorporation of the
Company, the Bylaws of the Company, the Plan, the minutes of all meetings of the
directors of the Company in which any action was taken pertaining to the
adoption of the Plan or the issuance of the shares, the Registration Statement
on Form S-8, and other matters deemed relevant to us.

        Based upon our examination of the foregoing documents and questions of
law as we have deemed applicable, we are of the following opinion:

        1. That the Company is a corporation duly organized under the laws of
the State of Minnesota.

        2. That the shares to be offered by the Company, when sold upon the
terms and in the manner set forth in the Plan and the Registration Statement,
will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's
common stock.




Micro Component Technology, Inc.
October 10, 1997
Page 2

        The undersigned firm hereby consents to the inclusion of this letter as
a part of any application by the Company for registration or qualification of
the shares to be sold pursuant to the requirements of any federal or state law.

                                      Very truly yours,



                                      BEST & FLANAGAN
                                      Professional Limited Liability Partnership


                                      By: /s/ Charles C. Berquist
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Charles C. Berquist, a Partner

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