analog switch ICs, was Re: [sdiy] OT: space anniversary

[The Old Crow]

  I will triple that. ;)  I stopped using 405x parts one day in 1983 or so
when I discovered that they burn up on +/- 15V supplies.  I've used DG308,
DG508/509 parts ever since.  Thats what happens when one does read the
fine print and assumes that since the 405x works with Vdd-Vss=15V, it will
work with Vdd=15 and Vss=-15.  Oops..hehe

  Although..there is this one time I had a board to drive Polysix MIDI by 
faking key presses that used sixteen 4066s, and the bench PSU decided that 
its life at +5V would be better spent at +29V, those 4066s survived.  
Every other chip resembled the lunar surface, with nice big craters.

Crow
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On Thu, 6 May 2004, James Patchell wrote:

> I will double that.  I have been using DG201 and DG211 type switches for a 
> long time now (since 1978), and pretty much stopped messing with the 40x6 
> switches, except in a few special cases.  The DG series is very easy to 
> use, and the extra cost in my opinion, is completely justified and paid for 
> in better performance.