[sdiy] Good news -- the ICM7556 dual timer made it!

[Seb Francis]

I notice also that a lot of the Maxim & Analog Devices op amps, 
switches, DACs, MUXs, etc. that were available in DIP seem to be still 
available (or soon to be available) in Pb-free DIP.

Seb


Niels A. Moseley wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> With all the posts about components that didn't make it 'cross the 
> Pb-free boundary,
> I thought I'd post a positive one about the ICM7556 timer.
> It seems Intersil finds the part worthy of life after 1-1-2006.
> And.. it's in PDIP format! So no problems with shakey hands (you 
> shouldn't have had that Shandy!) or bad eyesight.
> I wish I could report on a more interesting component, but at least 
> there is one out there that will let us
> produce lots of noise.
>
> Back to the soldering iron -- at which end do I hold this thing 
> anyway... ?
>
> Regards,
> Niels.
>
> Intersil URL: 
> http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,1477,ICM7556,0.html
>
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