BEST & FLANAGAN Professional Limited Liability Partnership 4000 FIRST BANK PLACE 601 SECOND AVENUE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402-4331 HTTP://WWW.BESTLAW.COM (612) 339-7121 FAX (612) 339-5897 Direct Dial: 341-9726 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 CCB/blm/46591