[sdiy] Capacitor substitution

[mrmike]

Thank you; I had wondered about that. It looks like a good place to 
start. Of course, I couldn't figure out why the schematic specd caps 
that seemed rare, and I checked again. I missed som zeros when making my 
parts list: 33pF instead of the readlily available 330pF. Duh.

Good advice for other designs, tho.

mrmike

harrybissell at copper.net wrote:
> In small values, Ceramic COG (also called NP0)
> are not a bad choice at all.
>
> Mica are OK as well but they really don't
> outperform the ceramics and are much more expensive
>
> H^) harry
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>> ---- Original Message ----
>> From: mrmike at clickbang.com
>> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Capacitor substitution
>> Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:11:04 -0500
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>>> Having failed in my search for small value (<100pF) polystyrene
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>> caps, I 
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>>> was looking at a quality substitution. I can't find any
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>> polycarbonate 
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>>> either. Or polypropylene.
>>>
>>> Would a good mica (rated at +/- 1pF tolerance) be a good
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>> substitute?
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>>> mrmike
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