[sdiy] LM324 question

[Happy Harry]

no no NO !!!

The LM324 is a terrible op-amp to use on a split supply.
Please don't.  It will have very bad performance around
"0" volts... very bad crossover distortion. You'll probably
be sorry.

OTOH you can lay the board out, play with the LM324 and then
switch to some better opamp, maybe the TL084

The LM324 is designed for a single supply... the data sheet
"shows" some split supply apps... but its the wrong part for that job

H^) harry (back to work... on an LM324 circuit by strange co-incidence... 
SINGLE SUPPLY thank GOD !!!)


>From: Greg Montalbano <Greg.Montalbano at ucop.edu>
>To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Subject: [sdiy] LM324 question
>Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 08:13:52 -0700
>
> >From: Mitchell Hudson <mitch at sirius.com>
> >>    I'm making the tunable noise generator from Thomas Henry's article
> >in Nuts and Vots. and I had planned to use one LM324 instead two
> >LM1458's. Looking at the package, I got the LM324 at RS, I see the LM324
> >is billed to be run off +V and GND. I want to run it from +V -V. IS this
> >going to be a problem? The specs say it has a differential voltage of
> >32V so I assume this means I can run it from +15 to -15, which is what I
> >was planning to do.
> >
> >--M
> >
>
>According to the data sheet, it will run from split supplies
>anywhere from +/- 1.5 to +/- 15 volts;  single supply, +3 to +30 volts.
>
>~G
>


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