[sdiy] Starter Components - Capacitors

[Ingo Debus]

Am Donnerstag, 13.01.05 um 07:00 Uhr schrieb harrybissell:

> I don't use tantalum except in power supply decoupling, and when I'm 
> POSITIVE
> that
> the supply will not ever get reverse voltage.

I don't use tantalums at all anymore. Are there really circuits that 
benefit from tantalums vs modern electrolytics? I once replaced a fried 
tantalum with a standard 'lytic and the unit worked just fine then.

Also, today's electrolytics aren't that much bigger in size than 
tantalums anymore (non-SMD).

Ingo