[sdiy] There is no fun analogue chips anymore!.. Analog IC's..

[David G Dixon]

> Analog chips technology.... 
> Yes it's becoming more difficult
> to find good analog IC's, often getting obsolete parts is 
> tough.. but..
> I'll always prefer putting my hands in hardware, thru holes 
> parts, easy to handle and replace parts (no SMT), sometimes 
> small application 8bits CPU like Microchips than scratching 
> my head doing complicated maths for DSP & FPGA's applications... 
> And I'm not talking about aliasing problems to cure... Not 
> all the users on this list are engineers  here folks.. 
> Trying to find info about a DSP or FPGA chip program used in 
> a circuit 10 years old or more DIY board is hard even if you 
> have the designer reachable..
> God bless analog technology !
> Easy to design, share, explain and repair.
> My 2 cents.
> JP

Jean-Pierre Desrochers: my soul brother!