re where do u look in article apr cmkrnl com jeh cmkrnl com writes i might add that collecting last year s data books or even ones two years out of date is usually pretty cheap and has benefits besides you usually don t want to base a design on a brand new chip there may be bugs availability may be limited the data sheets may be missing critical information that will show up in the ap notes in next year s data books kinda like buying version of a major new software package sometimes you get lucky but don t count on it there are two more reasons to save old databooks and then beyond two years obsoleted parts and better application notes and tutorials when a part is dropped from future production planning such as the national mm series white noise generators camera sync generators etc it will disappear from current databooks although it still may be produced for a short time or be available from stock somewhere now if you have some old plans calling for such a device or you have a dead gadget on your workbench and it has such a part in it you ll know the functions so you can troubleshoot and substitute as necessary the old ge thyristor data books contain real good tutorials on scr and triac applications that are not found elsewhere for example in summary read read read that s how you ll know what to design in which parts to use and how to solve the intractable problem that your boss has presented you with it helps to have a prodigous memory for details here here dave medin phone w ssd networking h intergraph corp m s gd internet dtmedin catbyte b ingr com huntsville al uucp uunet ingr b catbyte dtmedin everywhere you look at least around my office the opinions expressed here are mine or those of my machine
