[sdiy] Latvian CEM Synth IC clones

[Tom Bugs]

That makes sense - though bloody hell 4mm sqr! I didn't read the 
datasheets so never realised they'd be so damn diddy.


On 13/03/2018 11:10, paula at synth.net wrote:
> Tom,
>
>  For me it's a size thing. I mean consider, a VCO, VCF, VCA and ADSR 
> in a 4mm squared package?? I mean you've got a synth voice in such a 
> small space. Small space = lower cost and better thermal coupling if 
> you have multiple voices.
>
> Paula
>
> On 2018-03-13 10:22, Tom Bugs wrote:
>> Can you expand a bit on that Paula?
>> I've never really considered them...
>> Is it mainly a size thing or am I missing something 
>> interesting/important?
>>
>>
>> On 13/03/2018 10:16, paula at synth.net wrote:
>>> QFNs are awesome.
>>>
>>> On 2018-03-13 09:00, Roman Sowa wrote:
>>>> I've read somewhere that they don't do SOIC for anything greater than
>>>> 16 pins, but can't remember exact explanation. In general it was in a
>>>> spirit of "SOIC sucks". In every Alfa QFN chip they say about center
>>>> pad greatly improving thermal stability.
>>>>
>>>> Roman
>>>>
>>>> W dniu 2018-03-12 o 22:34, Jay Schwichtenberg pisze:
>>>>> Wonder why they didn't do the AS3320 as a SOIC. Maybe they didn't 
>>>>> have 18 pin SOIC packages and had QFN packages.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jay S.
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:*Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] *On 
>>>>> Behalf Of *cheater00 cheater00
>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, March 12, 2018 12:27 PM
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>>>>> *Subject:* [sdiy] Latvian CEM Synth IC clones
>>>>>
>>>>> Of interest
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.alfarzpp.lv/eng/sc/application.php
>>>>>
>>>>>
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