SV: [sdiy] New Sample & INFINITE Hold chip!

[Seb Francis]

karl dalen wrote:

>--- Peter Ullrich <synpro at networld.at> skrev:
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>>Bad news: It has a very small 5-SOT23 package so breadbording is a 
>>little bit difficult - but possible.
>>The EEPROM storage is 50000 times minimum...
>>What happens after that?
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>Your infinite hold times becomes no hold times at all!
>What a miss, why didnt they use a sram cell instead!
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>Really, i think that chip has minor applications in 
>analog synths! Bogus expencive stuff, why would i need
>infinite hold time? Im perfectly happy if it holds 20-30 secs!
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>Give me "one" reason to consider it in a real life application?
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As a replacement for a preset-trimmer designed to be set infrequently 
during a calibration proceedure ;)

Certainly no good for a S&H LFO!

Seb