Texas Instruments IC's

[Jon Parker]

>     LM3046 is the National Semiconductor part number for the RCA CA3046
(now
> made by intersil).  There are lots of good places to get this part (one of
my
> favorites).  I got mine from JDR (http://www.jdr.com), or you can get them
from
> Jameco (http://www.jameco.com), or digikey (http://www.digikey.com), and
many
> others.  Best of all, they are cheap ($0.40->0.50 range).  As far as I
know TI
> never made this part.
>
>     I have a list of useful parts and where to get them at
> http://www.silcom.com/~patchell/usefulparts/usefull.html

Jim and others,
This is all good information.  Now I can't believe I payed $4 for the ECG
equivelent (especially when a lot of my diy budget comes from my loose
change at the end of the day.)

On another note, I recently bought a Edsyn 951SX soldering station (quite an
upgrade from my cheap butane RS wannabe) and an Edsyn solderpullt
soldersucker.  Things I never knew I NEEDED till I got on this list back in
January.

Thanks again,

Jon Parker
Jazz Pianist
Denver CO USA
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