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Louis Levin
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:33 am Post subject:
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Given the wide range of experience of people in this group, I thought
it might be informative to ask:
What are your favorite 10 analog IC's?
By a "favorite" IC, I mean one that covers the widest range of
applications and perhaps replaces several of an earlier design. Or
maybe one that you keep coming back to that solves a particular
problem easily.
With so many new IC's entering the market, many of them being rather
specialized, I personally find it difficult to keep up.
Louis
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Ken Smith
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:33 am Post subject:
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In article <iam411l4m1ljtqgo51g6uluad03vjlf6hf@4ax.com>,
Louis Levin <loulev@arcotech.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Given the wide range of experience of people in this group, I thought
it might be informative to ask:
What are your favorite 10 analog IC's?
By a "favorite" IC, I mean one that covers the widest range of
applications and perhaps replaces several of an earlier design. Or
maybe one that you keep coming back to that solves a particular
problem easily.
With so many new IC's entering the market, many of them being rather
specialized, I personally find it difficult to keep up.
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I'd have to start with the LM78XX type of regulators. They are just so
handy.
The rest of the list, I'm having trouble with the order of:
The flash versions of the 8752 are nice microcontrollers to work with.
The Cool-Runner CPLDs were just about the handiest part in the world when
the 5V version was on the market.
The LT1028 op-amp is very handy for low noise stuff.
The LM324 is nice for general DCish op-amping
The TL07X is good as a high impedance op-amp that can do audio frequencies
ok.
HC4053 has shown up in many tricky places. In a few it is used as an
analog switch.
The LM339 is a handy quad comparitor. It is fast enough for many jobs.
The LT1016 is a good fast comparitor because it runs stabily through its
linear range. You can get about a 40GHz Gain-bandwidth out of them and
the input side current spike is small enough in most cases.
The "zero power" version on the 22V10 like TICPAL22V10Z is handy in
battery powered stuff.
Since that only 9, I'll add the ICT-7540. It is a PAL that is very like a
22V10 except it is more like its 22V22. It has a total of 40 macrocells
in a 28 pin plcc package.
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Joerg
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 3:17 am Post subject:
Re: Your favorite 10 analog IC's |
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Hello Louis,
LM324
LM339
TLV431
LM3478
AD603
SD5400 or similar arrays
CD4053
CD4066
CD4007UB
74HCU04
Ok, the last two sound rather digital but they are very handy in analog
apps. However, to be truthful here I design a lot of circuitry with
discretes. Mostly that is for cost or performance reasons.
So if you had asked for favorite parts instead the list would ramble on
with BSS123, 2907, BFS17, BAV99 and so on.
Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com
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Nicholas O. Lindan
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 3:25 am Post subject:
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"Louis Levin" <loulev@arcotech.com> wrote
| Quote: | What are your favorite [most used] 10 analog IC's?
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None of them are glamorous. The janitors of the analog world.
You can live without the CEO, but with no janitor the company's
doomed.
LM324 - op-amp family
LM393 - comparator family
LM29xx - LDO voltage regulator family
AD654 - V/F
ICL7611 - CMOS op-amp family
4051 - CMOS mux family
The rest are application specific, rarely used more than
once or twice.
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Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics.
To reply, remove spaces: n o lindan at ix . netcom . com
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Tim Shoppa
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:23 am Post subject:
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| Quote: | By a "favorite" IC, I mean one that covers the widest range of
applications and perhaps replaces several of an earlier design
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Hmm, it's not really an all-purpuse chip, but I've been having lots of
fun with an AD9951 DDS chip lately. If I tried to do this with
small-scale chips I'd end up with a humoungous PCB filled with many
dozens of chips and it wouldn't perform one tenth as well (maybe one
hundredth as well) as this magic little chip.
More generically: NE555, LM324, TL084, CA3046, CD4007, ULN2803, LM317.
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Joerg
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:02 am Post subject:
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Hello Tim,
| Quote: | More generically: NE555, LM324, TL084, CA3046, CD4007, ULN2803, LM317.
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Nice mix. The CA3046 might be a bit of a concern, some distributors only
have National's version in stock which costs around 40 cents instead of
the usual 20. Some call the CA part "mature", an expression that gives
me goose pimples when I see that in a semiconductor listing. Sounds too
much like "transistor array emeritus".
Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com |
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Mike Diack
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:11 am Post subject:
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Gotta put a word in for the AD633 analog X-er. Don't use it often, but it
does what it does really well.
Funny how when i think of the really nifty chips, AD crops up again and
again - things like the AD75019 patchbay on a chip, AD98xx DDS's, SSM2018
VCA etc etc.
Must have some awfully brainy people in Norwood, MA.
M |
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Jim Thompson
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:11 am Post subject:
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:58:39 -0800, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:33:35 +1100, Louis Levin <loulev@arcotech.com
wrote:
Given the wide range of experience of people in this group, I thought
it might be informative to ask:
What are your favorite 10 analog IC's?
By a "favorite" IC, I mean one that covers the widest range of
applications and perhaps replaces several of an earlier design. Or
maybe one that you keep coming back to that solves a particular
problem easily.
With so many new IC's entering the market, many of them being rather
specialized, I personally find it difficult to keep up.
Louis
LM1117 ldo reg
LM45 temperature sensor
LM8261 c-load opamp
AD8014 fast opamp
LM7301 gp sot-23 opamp
SN65LVDS2DBVB lvds line receiver
ADCMP565 comparator
MC10EL89 semi-analog ECL thing
ERA-5 mmic
HMC465LP5 amp, except that it costs $185 each
Am I only allowed 10?
John
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Chaos Master
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:11 am Post subject:
Re: Your favorite 10 analog IC's |
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This is Louis Levin for forever:
| Quote: | Given the wide range of experience of people in this group, I thought
it might be informative to ask:
What are your favorite 10 analog IC's?
By a "favorite" IC, I mean one that covers the widest range of
applications and perhaps replaces several of an earlier design. Or
maybe one that you keep coming back to that solves a particular
problem easily.
With so many new IC's entering the market, many of them being rather
specialized, I personally find it difficult to keep up.
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I like stuffs like the 555 timer (such as NE555), LM317, LM324, LM339,
and regulators like the 78xx series (rather useful).
Also I like 74xx logic IC's but they aren't exactly analog.
[]s
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/ 51.11° W / GMT-2h / 15m .
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I say, I'm in a rock band and I can do what the hell I want!"
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(My e-mail address isn't read. Please reply to the group!) |
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John Larkin
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:11 am Post subject:
Re: Your favorite 10 analog IC's |
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:33:35 +1100, Louis Levin <loulev@arcotech.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | Given the wide range of experience of people in this group, I thought
it might be informative to ask:
What are your favorite 10 analog IC's?
By a "favorite" IC, I mean one that covers the widest range of
applications and perhaps replaces several of an earlier design. Or
maybe one that you keep coming back to that solves a particular
problem easily.
With so many new IC's entering the market, many of them being rather
specialized, I personally find it difficult to keep up.
Louis
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LM1117 ldo reg
LM45 temperature sensor
LM8261 c-load opamp
AD8014 fast opamp
LM7301 gp sot-23 opamp
SN65LVDS2DBVB lvds line receiver
ADCMP565 comparator
MC10EL89 semi-analog ECL thing
ERA-5 mmic
HMC465LP5 amp, except that it costs $185 each
Am I only allowed 10?
John |
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Nicholas O. Lindan
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:11 am Post subject:
Re: Your favorite 10 analog IC's |
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| Oh, yeah, and those LM385 Vref thingies. |
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Jim Thompson
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:11 am Post subject:
Re: Your favorite 10 analog IC's |
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:27:58 -0800, Tim Wescott
<tim@wescottnospamdesign.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Jim Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:02:48 GMT, Joerg
notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:
Hello Tim,
More generically: NE555, LM324, TL084, CA3046, CD4007, ULN2803, LM317.
Nice mix. The CA3046 might be a bit of a concern, some distributors only
have National's version in stock which costs around 40 cents instead of
the usual 20. Some call the CA part "mature", an expression that gives
me goose pimples when I see that in a semiconductor listing. Sounds too
much like "transistor array emeritus".
Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com
My favorites: Make your own circuit on TSMC, X-Fab, PolarFab, AMS,
AMI, Atmel, IBM, etc ;-)
Hey thanks Jim. Do you have Digi-Key part numbers for any of those?
I'm wondering if I'll see 24-hour-turn IC fab houses in my lifetime, or
if it'll never happen.
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There was a time, in the early 1960's, where we used to turn a new run
over a weekend. Those were the fun days when I drew my own layouts on
a quadrille pad and cut my own rubylith ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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Luhan Monat
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:11 am Post subject:
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Louis Levin wrote:
| Quote: | Given the wide range of experience of people in this group, I thought
it might be informative to ask:
What are your favorite 10 analog IC's?
By a "favorite" IC, I mean one that covers the widest range of
applications and perhaps replaces several of an earlier design. Or
maybe one that you keep coming back to that solves a particular
problem easily.
With so many new IC's entering the market, many of them being rather
specialized, I personally find it difficult to keep up.
Louis
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PIC12F675 (with a/d) along with MCP41010 (10k programable potientiometer
used a d/a) - then do everything in software.
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"The future is not what it used to be..."
http://members.cox.net/berniekm |
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Jim Thompson
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:11 am Post subject:
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:02:48 GMT, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Hello Tim,
More generically: NE555, LM324, TL084, CA3046, CD4007, ULN2803, LM317.
Nice mix. The CA3046 might be a bit of a concern, some distributors only
have National's version in stock which costs around 40 cents instead of
the usual 20. Some call the CA part "mature", an expression that gives
me goose pimples when I see that in a semiconductor listing. Sounds too
much like "transistor array emeritus".
Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com
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My favorites: Make your own circuit on TSMC, X-Fab, PolarFab, AMS,
AMI, Atmel, IBM, etc ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |
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Tim Wescott
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:11 am Post subject:
Re: Your favorite 10 analog IC's |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:02:48 GMT, Joerg
notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:
Hello Tim,
More generically: NE555, LM324, TL084, CA3046, CD4007, ULN2803, LM317.
Nice mix. The CA3046 might be a bit of a concern, some distributors only
have National's version in stock which costs around 40 cents instead of
the usual 20. Some call the CA part "mature", an expression that gives
me goose pimples when I see that in a semiconductor listing. Sounds too
much like "transistor array emeritus".
Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com
My favorites: Make your own circuit on TSMC, X-Fab, PolarFab, AMS,
AMI, Atmel, IBM, etc ;-)
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Hey thanks Jim. Do you have Digi-Key part numbers for any of those?
I'm wondering if I'll see 24-hour-turn IC fab houses in my lifetime, or
if it'll never happen.
--
Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com |
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