The local part supplier is selling out these babies cheaply (about $7), and I'm already placing an order for other stuff:<br><br><a href="http://www.elfa.se/elfa-bin/setpage.pl?http://www.elfa.se/elfa-bin/dyndok.pl?dok=220856.htm">
http://www.elfa.se/elfa-bin/setpage.pl?http://www.elfa.se/elfa-bin/dyndok.pl?dok=220856.htm</a><br>(datasheet for CS 8402 at <a href="http://www.elfa.se/pdf/73/738/07384027.pdf">http://www.elfa.se/pdf/73/738/07384027.pdf</a>
)<br><br>It's a DIP24 serial in -> S/PDIF out ic. Since I am crazy enough to love the SoundBlaster OPL3 FM sound, I've been wanting to add an S/PDIF out to get rid of noise and easy integration into the studio. Also "have a plan" (dreaming) of adding S/PDIF to my EPS16+. (yep, can be bought, but hard to find an expensive). And it's always nice with S/PDIF right? :-)
<br><br>Would this part be useful and suitable for these types of things? To me it looks like it would only be a matter of this chip + some passive stuff and opamp buffering to get S/PDIF out of anything. This sounds too good to be true, so I figured I'd ask before stocking up. Am I correct in assuming similiar chips will be hard to come by in the future, with all the ROHS craziness and stuff?
<br><br>/J<br>