Extreme ElectronicsMar 10
What is your favorite 4000 series CMOS chip ?
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Mine was always 4011... closely followed by 4001, 4020 and 4017.
Show threadconcretedogMar 10
@Extelec oooh 4017 is a beauty. CD40106 hex schmidt was in many ways my 555. Loved a 4011 and a 4040. Cheekily gonna add the motorola mc series 14557B as well!
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@concretedog what did you use the 14577 for ?
Show threadconcretedogMar 10
@Extelec why a musical tap looper design of course! https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-tap-looper-design.html?m=1
New Tap Looper Design

I'm continuing to explore the tap looper concept and have come up with this schematic for a variable length, tap programmable looper (click ...

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@concretedog ahem thats a 14557 not 14577 video amp :)
Show threadconcretedogMar 10
@Extelec doh!
Show threadconcretedogMar 10
@Extelec I got the 14557B bit right though... its a long time ago!
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@concretedog It did prompt the question, I really thought there was an alternate use for the video amp chip i was unaware of :)
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