On April 16, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> Last month, I had to build a programmer for a microcontroller. It required
> only three components other than the MCU. There was an oscillator, a MAX232A,
> and a 74HCT125. I had no trouble getting a suitable oscillator, and I
> generally have a few MAX232's around. It took weeks to find the HCT125,
> though, given that I didn't want to pay $10 for shipping of a $.25 part. In
> the meantime, I'd built the thing with a GAL16V8. Overkill, well, true, but I
> didn't have to deal with the widespread search.
Hmm, Mouser has 74HCT125s in stock at $0.40. They're in SO-14
packages, but they've got 'em.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire "Mmmm. Big."
St. Petersburg, FL -Den
Received on Tue Apr 16 2002 - 11:46:59 BST