[sdiy] Designing Analog ICs

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth Paul Perry at 07/09/11 11:15...
> ----- Original Message From: "Tom Corbitt"
>  > .... (my dream was to remake > the lm3909)
> 
> There are a lot of analog chips that I would like to see resurrected.. but I 
> can't see much need for that particular one, seeign as it is apparently 
> easily made from common discretes.
> http://home.cogeco.ca/~rpaisley4/LM3909.html

Lay out the board carefully, and it may even be possible to make a 
plug-in replacement if all the passives are 0603 or smaller. (Not that 
I'd try soldering anything smaller than an 0603 - they're about my limit!)


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Matthew Smith

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