[sdiy] 3080 VCO

[Tim Parkhurst]

Close, but no cigar... What you have there is the 556, a dual 555 timer. The
rare chip is the 566. I've made the same mistake myself. :) You can find
566s on ebay, and Midwest Analog sells them for $6 US.

Tim Servo

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark verbos [mailto:mverbos at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 2:41 PM
> To: synth diy
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] 3080 VCO
> 
> did I miss something? Mouser has them for $.36
> 
>
http://www.mouser.com/index.cfm?handler=displayproduct&lstdispproductid=3137
12&e_ca
> tegoryid=98&e_pcodeid=51135
> 
> mark
> 
> john mahoney wrote:
> 
> >>.... The 566 chip is starting to get really scarce, ...
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I've seen them for $20, somewhere. At least one guy has some for a
> >reasonable price, and he currently has 8 for sale on 'bay for $2.45 each.
> >(It's a Dutch auction, hurry!)
> >
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38071&item=237547734
5
> >--
> >john
> >
> >
> >
> >



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