VHF low level to TTL converter

Well, speak German to Harold and you might get a free sample ;-)

...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Anybody who is so fragile as to be damaged by being called a "leftist weenie" is a leftist weenie. This is a public, unmoderated forum, so learn to play the game.

John

They're good about samples. Hell, you can talk to the President of AZmicro if you feel like.

They are, incidentally, a very interesting fabless operation and can make money on relatively small numbers of parts. And they are always on the prowl for ideas for new products. I measure stuff for them now and then, as I have a better oscilloscope.

John

Earl is in a design center.

That seems to be the deal now-a-days... locate design centers all over the place... makes it easier to hire engineers.

There are now numerous different semiconductor company design centers located here in the Phoenix area.

Fairchild WAS going to locate a center in Mesa, AZ, but fell on hard times (~2002), and canceled it.

...Jim Thompson

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|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
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I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.

AZ Micro only sells tubes @48 or @96 pieces of their devices. So better forget them for prototypes.

Rene

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Only because the constraints put on us in "real" life aren\'t here.
For example, you can flip somebody off here without having to worry
much about physical retaliation, so you do it.  In my book, that
points to what you would _really_ be like if you could without the
restraints holding you back.

I can attest to that being a blantant falsehood.

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    - Win

And anyone who disagrees with you is automatically labeled as a "leftist weenie". This is no surprise to the regulars on the electronics newsgroups. You act nice when you need help, then condemn people left and right when you don't. I suspect that when your time comes that a lot of people will show up at your funeral just to make sure you are really gone.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Really? Then explain how I saw an episode where your computer was smashed by Bill Gates & his gang.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Backing up from Larkin's post (since you, Michael, are normally plonked), I only call people who are truly leftist weenies "leftist weenies".

You know who you are...

You're the ones who think kissing ass stops wars.

You are the ones who want to tax achievers to support bums.

And those on the other side of the pond who condemn the US, yet it is those people who are heading for a depression.

Please cite where I condemned for anything other than being a leftist weenie... although I will admit, I don't tolerate ignorance very well either.

As for funerals... if I follow in my father's foot steps (he's still alive and kicking ass), I'll be attending YOUR funeral ;-)

...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Well- they say LVTTL but they really mean LVTTL/LVCMOS, and it turns out the LVCMOS does meet 5V TTL input requirements- so you should be able to drive the 5V ACT with the LVTTL output. It's the wrong counter anyway- he should team the 3.3V translator with a 74VHC163, another part that easily handles 120MHz- and he can use that to drive any of the 5V CMOS TTL compatible input parts.

I don't believe it with those propagation delay times they list- and the datasheet looks funny with only single ended drive levels and no fMAX specified.

A "blatant falsehood", or simply your disclaimer ?:-)

...Jim Thompson

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| 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Wow Certainly got some useful replies Thanks guys

Richard

Richard Hosk> Dear all

Michael A. Terrell said

Don't remember than one. I must've been heavily into the Duff. ?

The only way to stop a war is to win. I don't expect you to understand this because you never served. I did, and during war time.

Not me, but there is a need for a safety net for those who fall in hard times and DO WANT TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.

Has your Alzheimer's gotten that bad?

If you say so, old man. Not everyone dies of old age in their sleep so there is no way to know just how long you will be around.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Fragile? Hell, John, If I were fragile I would have killed myself long ago. I have faced down people who wanted to kill me, till they turned away and left me alone. I was in an accident where the first words from the cop was "Where did they take the driver's body." I have had several illnesses that almost killed me, including one where I lost over 20 pounds in a week of being unconscious in a house where the furnace went out and it was below freezing when I finally woke. It was almost a year before I could work again after that one and I had no insurance, or medical coverage. I've been through things I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Thanks Jim and John. I'm aware of the samples. While these offers for samples are common throughout the industry, I stopped getting them. Getting a sample or two makes a prototype. Then when the prototype is useable, I tend to hear the request of getting a few, say 5 pieces immediately. Then, when the sample was of a different footprint or a different specification than what is available in single units from my preferred distributors, then I'm back at square one. And only when the customers request or are foreseeably requesting in larger quantities, I'm doing a series of 50 or a 100. And then, when the small testing series of 5 or so is running, then it is rather hard to justify to replace a part by another one. That would involve getting a sample and some additional testing in the lab. In most cases, the bigger series is late before it was started and should be available yesterday.

Rene

On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 02:05:54 +0000, Michael A. Terrell wrote: ...

Not true. The Vietnam fiasco got ended pretty definitevely, and we got drummed out in disgrace.

Thanks, Rich