Re:Circuit building: stop using antique parts (2014)
by dyselon on Thursday February 02, 2017 @03:14PM
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Is there a good reference for potential upgrades to old, obsolete-ish parts? I definitely understand that many of the old logic ICs, transistors, and op-amps have been displaced by better parts, but I don't always know how to identify them short of a parametric search on digikey and hoping there's not some sharp corner I missed. I'd find a lot of value in a page that had some recommendations for "Are you using <OLD PART> for <PURPOSE>? Consider <NEW PART>!"
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Re:Circuit building: stop using antique parts (2014)
by CamperBob2 on Thursday February 02, 2017 @07:36PM
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Not really, because as so many commenters have pointed out, the choice to use "antique" parts is more of a value judgement than a violation of natural law.
When in doubt, your best move is probably to see what Horowitz and Hill have to say. AoE3 has a lot of specific component recommendations.