[sdiy] Cap Confusion!

[Henry Till]

I want to thank everyone who responded to my posting.

I've confirmed this with Ray Wilson, and he
accidentally used NPO to specify non-polarized, not
negative-positive zero.  

Always at the top of your game, guys - give yourself a
pat on the back...

-Henry


--- Paul Schreiber <synth1 at airmail.net> wrote:
> NPO is a *bad usage* in this case :)
> 
> NPO is a ceramic, low-variance temperature-stable
> cap, usually 100pf or smaller.
> In THIS case, you want a "non-polorized" cap. You
> CAN get 1uf ceramic caps in
> what is called X7R ceramic. These are like 40 cents.
> 
> Paul S.
> 


	
		
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