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    <p>Maybe its time to breadboard the beastie?  <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/8/2018 2:46 PM, Ben Bradley wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">I'm comparing the data sheets, and I wonder that
        the 
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style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">AD781<span> may
            be "too good" in some respects for synth use, and not good
            enough in others. It has an internal capacitor, unlike the 
            <span
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                uses an external one (that you can replace with
                different values/types to fit the app), Its sample rate
                is more than fast enough for audio, but the droop rate
                spec of 1uV/uS looks bad for sub-audio sampling (as in
                generating slow stepped control voltages) - I read that
                as one volt per second! Looking at online prices, it's
                also a lot more expensive than the Natio ... TI part,
                even considering that it's from Analog Devices.<br>
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                Reading the LF198 datasheet reminds me of the "capacitor
                soakage" article(s) by Bob Pease. He even developed
                circuits to (somewhat) counteract the effect. If high
                precision and long hold time is needed, I think a
                two-stage circuit (small capacitor in the first, larger
                capacitor in the second) might be workable.<br>
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        <div><span style="font-size:12.8px">For a synth module, I'd
            expect a S/H device to work well from as low as 50 uS
            sampling (of a 20kHz waveform) and as long as a minute hold
            time (a long sustained CV for a VCO), to cover all possible
            applications.</span></div>
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            <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 5:49 PM, Tom
              Bugs <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                  <p>If anyone would be interested in taking a stash of
                    the similar Analog Devices AD781 chip.. <br>
                    I probably have 20+ unused DIP + some working pulls.<br>
                    Happy to work something out if anyone is interested
                    in making use of them.</p>
                  <p>Tom<br>
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                      <div class="m_-4762838971533870287moz-cite-prefix">On
                        07/06/2018 22:44, Tim Ressel wrote:<br>
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                        <p>Make sure to buffer the signal going in to
                          the LF398. It will not work well if driven
                          with a soft source.</p>
                        <p>--timmers<br>
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                          6/7/2018 9:21 AM, Elain Klopke wrote:<br>
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                          <div dir="ltr">Hey all,
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                            <div>In my poking around the internets for
                              sample and hold circuits, I ran across the
                              Texas Instruments LF398 monolithic sample
                              and hold. It looks promising, +/-5 to
                              +/-18V supply range, up to +/-18V input
                              range, TTL and CMOS compatable logic
                              input, all in a DIP8 package.</div>
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                            <div>Does anyone have any experience with
                              this chip?</div>
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