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From: John Larkin on 28 Sep 2006 17:28 On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:01:08 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >Can someone verify whether the National web site is truly broken? It >sure looks that way to me. In addition to all sorts of snarled links >and stuff, there's no obvious way I can find, say, the datasheet of an >LM7824... had to go to Fairchild's site! > >I'm running Firefox under XP. > >John > > Wow. You can't see parts by package, but you can see them by package volume! A TL082 can be as big as 11862500.0 mm3, which wouldn't fit into my backpack. And look at the pricings... the price on the LM101A ranges from $0 to $225. http://www.national.com/VCatalog/view.cgi?command=toggleSort&attr1=Package+Volume&attr2=0&q=200&m0=Category&m1=SubCategory&i=PNumber&s2=PNumber%2F%2F1&s1=Price%2F%2F1&s0=Channels%2F%2F1&a3=Input+OutputType%2F%2Fv%3A8&a1=SubCategory%2F%2Fv%3A8&a0=Category%2F%2Fv%3A8&s=885552904899&a2=Channels%2F%2Fv%3A8&a5=Slew+Rate%2F%2Fv%3A8&t=0&m2=Bpn&c2=x%3A0%2F%2FPrice&c1=e%3A0%2F%2FSubCategory%2F%2F%3Aeq%2F%2FOperational+Amplifiers%3AGeneral+Purpose&c0=e%3A0%2F%2FCategory%2F%2F%3Aeq%2F%2FAmplifiers%2FBuffers%2FComparators&a4=Gain+Bandwidth%2F%2Fv%3A8&as=0&render=1&c=x%3A0%2F%2FPackage+Volume&domains=PNumber They used to have a good web site, before they lost their minds. Maybe TI has an opamp I can use. Speaking of which, any recommendation for a cheap SOT-23 opamp, 4 MHz maybe, +-5 supplies? Seems that we've purchased over 17,000 pieces of LM7301 of late, at 90 cents each, and there must be a better deal around. John
From: Jim Thompson on 28 Sep 2006 17:31 On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:56:21 GMT, Joerg <notthisjoergsch(a)removethispacbell.net> wrote: >Hello Rich, > >>>... >>>My site is more of a little stake in the ground, didn't want to have >>>that dreaded "under construction" sign. Word of mouth is what creates >>>biz for me, not advertising. I mostly need it for email and FTP >>>transfers. Sounds unbelievable but many companies (including some big >>>ones) do not have FTP capability. Sometimes they are stunned when I then >>>give them space on my site and it really works. Very nice for >>>tele-conferencing. >> >> >> I finally got around to viewing your source. >> >> Don't use Microsoft Word to make a web page. ... > > >Yeah, I know that's one of the problems. MS-Word can introduce lots of >bugs. The most smacking blunder was when it used auto spacing and IE >(their own product!) blew up on it. Unbelievable. > > >> ... You can code that in raw >> HTML, especially with a site as lean and clean as yours: >> http://werbach.com/barebones/ >> >> I'd guess that the majority of errors that that checker reports are >> artifacts of letting Microsoft get their claws into your site. ;-) >> > >But writing straight HTML is almost like writing assembler code. I am >currently poring over a stack of assembler pages. No fun for an analog >guy. Filter stuff no less, yech. > >I'd prefer a simple writer. Have to look, I think one came with my >hosting package. The ideal scenario would be if such a writer could also >read web pages (including hyperlink jumps). Word can do that nicely but >none of the others I tried could which is a bummer if you want to try >things out. > > >> As far as catching searches, try a keywords tag in the header: >> <meta name="keywords" content="analog,analog design,consultant, >> consulting,design,[etc...]"> >> With your keywords as a quoted, comma-separated list. (leave out the >> '[etc...]'. ;-) ) >> > >Thanks, I'll try that. Although I do become a bit annoyed if I run a >Google search and then lots of pages come up that really don't contain >the words I was looking for in their bodies. It's becoming more >prevalent these days. FrontPage is pretty easy to use... provided you don't want any fancy functions... which I don't. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: Joerg on 28 Sep 2006 17:43 Hello John, > >>Can someone verify whether the National web site is truly broken? It >>sure looks that way to me. In addition to all sorts of snarled links >>and stuff, there's no obvious way I can find, say, the datasheet of an >>LM7824... had to go to Fairchild's site! >> >>I'm running Firefox under XP. >> >>John >> > > Wow. You can't see parts by package, but you can see them by package > volume! A TL082 can be as big as 11862500.0 mm3, which wouldn't fit > into my backpack. And look at the pricings... the price on the LM101A > ranges from $0 to $225. > > http://www.national.com/VCatalog/view.cgi?command=toggleSort&attr1=Package+Volume&attr2=0&q=200&m0=Category&m1=SubCategory&i=PNumber&s2=PNumber%2F%2F1&s1=Price%2F%2F1&s0=Channels%2F%2F1&a3=Input+OutputType%2F%2Fv%3A8&a1=SubCategory%2F%2Fv%3A8&a0=Category%2F%2Fv%3A8&s=885552904899&a2=Channels%2F%2Fv%3A8&a5=Slew+Rate%2F%2Fv%3A8&t=0&m2=Bpn&c2=x%3A0%2F%2FPrice&c1=e%3A0%2F%2FSubCategory%2F%2F%3Aeq%2F%2FOperational+Amplifiers%3AGeneral+Purpose&c0=e%3A0%2F%2FCategory%2F%2F%3Aeq%2F%2FAmplifiers%2FBuffers%2FComparators&a4=Gain+Bandwidth%2F%2Fv%3A8&as=0&render=1&c=x%3A0%2F%2FPackage+Volume&domains=PNumber > They need to look at their IT operations. Maybe not as harshly as Intel does that now though. > > They used to have a good web site, before they lost their minds. > > Maybe TI has an opamp I can use. > > Speaking of which, any recommendation for a cheap SOT-23 opamp, 4 MHz > maybe, +-5 supplies? Seems that we've purchased over 17,000 pieces of > LM7301 of late, at 90 cents each, and there must be a better deal > around. > Ok, only 3MHz but how about the Thomson TS951? It's around 35c AFAIR. Maybe they have one that's a little zippier but not much more expensive. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com
From: Joerg on 28 Sep 2006 17:53 Hello Jim, >>> ... You can code that in raw >>>HTML, especially with a site as lean and clean as yours: >>>http://werbach.com/barebones/ >>> >>>I'd guess that the majority of errors that that checker reports are >>>artifacts of letting Microsoft get their claws into your site. ;-) >>> >> >>But writing straight HTML is almost like writing assembler code. I am >>currently poring over a stack of assembler pages. No fun for an analog >>guy. Filter stuff no less, yech. >> >>I'd prefer a simple writer. Have to look, I think one came with my >>hosting package. The ideal scenario would be if such a writer could also >>read web pages (including hyperlink jumps). Word can do that nicely but >>none of the others I tried could which is a bummer if you want to try >>things out. >> > > FrontPage is pretty easy to use... provided you don't want any fancy > functions... which I don't. > Yabbut, it's from MS and they could not even make Word and IE compatible. Maybe I'll give it a spin anyway. After all, they created Works which is a fine and robust SW that I use to maintain all my biz databases, lab stock database and so on. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com
From: John Larkin on 28 Sep 2006 20:19
On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:43:39 GMT, Joerg <notthisjoergsch(a)removethispacbell.net> wrote: >Hello John, > >> >>>Can someone verify whether the National web site is truly broken? It >>>sure looks that way to me. In addition to all sorts of snarled links >>>and stuff, there's no obvious way I can find, say, the datasheet of an >>>LM7824... had to go to Fairchild's site! >>> >>>I'm running Firefox under XP. >>> >>>John >>> >> >> Wow. You can't see parts by package, but you can see them by package >> volume! A TL082 can be as big as 11862500.0 mm3, which wouldn't fit >> into my backpack. And look at the pricings... the price on the LM101A >> ranges from $0 to $225. >> >> http://www.national.com/VCatalog/view.cgi?command=toggleSort&attr1=Package+Volume&attr2=0&q=200&m0=Category&m1=SubCategory&i=PNumber&s2=PNumber%2F%2F1&s1=Price%2F%2F1&s0=Channels%2F%2F1&a3=Input+OutputType%2F%2Fv%3A8&a1=SubCategory%2F%2Fv%3A8&a0=Category%2F%2Fv%3A8&s=885552904899&a2=Channels%2F%2Fv%3A8&a5=Slew+Rate%2F%2Fv%3A8&t=0&m2=Bpn&c2=x%3A0%2F%2FPrice&c1=e%3A0%2F%2FSubCategory%2F%2F%3Aeq%2F%2FOperational+Amplifiers%3AGeneral+Purpose&c0=e%3A0%2F%2FCategory%2F%2F%3Aeq%2F%2FAmplifiers%2FBuffers%2FComparators&a4=Gain+Bandwidth%2F%2Fv%3A8&as=0&render=1&c=x%3A0%2F%2FPackage+Volume&domains=PNumber >> > >They need to look at their IT operations. Maybe not as harshly as Intel >does that now though. > >> >> They used to have a good web site, before they lost their minds. >> >> Maybe TI has an opamp I can use. >> >> Speaking of which, any recommendation for a cheap SOT-23 opamp, 4 MHz >> maybe, +-5 supplies? Seems that we've purchased over 17,000 pieces of >> LM7301 of late, at 90 cents each, and there must be a better deal >> around. >> > >Ok, only 3MHz but how about the Thomson TS951? It's around 35c AFAIR. >Maybe they have one that's a little zippier but not much more expensive. That's actually a nice part, and will handle +-5 supplies, which a lot of cheap opamps won't. I can probably drop that into a lot of LM7301 locations. OK, one beer for you. The LM7301 is rail-to-rail i/o and handles supplies up to +-18, so really isn't a bad deal when you need big swings. But why does ST name the TS951 file 5561.pdf? John |