[sdiy] CA3130 in Polyfusion Noise module...should a new one work?

Rutger Vlek rutgervlek at hotmail.com
Wed Dec 21 18:34:54 CET 2005


I was just wondering about the CA3130 op-amp. Has it changed since it was 
first produced? I'm doing a remake of a Polyfusion Noise module and in the 
first gain stage after the noise generating Diode (or transistor in my case) 
a CA3130 is used. But in the schematics I found on internet (synthfool.com) 
the CA3130 is powered with only +V and not with -V. Instead pin 4 is 
connected to Ground.

In my remake I couldn't get the CA3130 to work...and I don't know why. 
Signal is going in, and the signal path after the output pin is correct too, 
but somehow my Op-Amp won't amplify. That's very strange. In the current 
datasheets on internet about the CA3130E by Intersil i read that it does 
need a +V and -V, but when i tried it the chip ran very hot and probably 
died. So i had to buy new ones.

Is the op-amp configuration in the schematic 
(http://www.synthfool.com/schematics/polynoise.gif) still working with the 
newer CA3130's???

Regards,

Rutger





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