[sdiy] SRAM versus DRAM

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Dan Snazelle <subjectivity at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>in a project that calls for SRAM can you use DRAM instead?

Perhaps, but SRAM is _far_ easier to interface to "stuff".

Learn SRAM first...

>I know they are fundamentally different in that one type has to 
>be refreshed but i suppose i do not understand WHY the refresh is 
>important 
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>in the case of a digital delay for example
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>sorry for the endless questions on this topic
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>in many cases i cant even find the datasheets for these long gone chips
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>thanks
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