PAiA VCO

[Jim Patchell]

    Well, with National, you can never tell.  I probably have a life time supply, but
still, having parts yanked out from under you seems to be just part of life these
days.  But, I am still not used to it (although, I should be).

    -Jim

tomg wrote:

> Sorry Jim, I didn't mean to freak you out..I thought I saw where they were
> outa production??
>
> Tom
>
> >     Phweeww....you scared me.  I just checked the National Semiconductor site,
> > they are still active.  The only part I could find that is obsolete is the
> > LM13700AN, that part was last availiable in March of 98.  No wonder you can't get
> > the A parts anymore.
> >
> > tomg wrote:
> >
> > > It's already "discontinued" by National...Mouser sez...
> > > order as many as you want. They'll get more. There's
> > > a 2 week lead time for worst case out of stock. These
> > > are the JRD13700s but hey, they are 13700s.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > KA4HJH wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > >     Just had a look myself.  Yep.....pretty strange.  It might take me a
> > > > > >little while to figure out exactly how that works.  It sure makes the
> > > > > >one I came up with look overly complicated.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >     I have to hand it to John Simonton, he can really come up with
> > > > > >simpler solution.
> > > > >
> > > > > And if we ask real nice, he just might let us use the idea.
> > > > >
> > > > > Then they'll stop making LM13700's...
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >     Bite your tonge.  My temp compensation circuit uses the LM13700 as well.
> > > > We don't need to be giving National Semiconductor any ideas...... :^)
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
> > > > > "The Mac Doctor"
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >  -Jim
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