SMD stuff is too modern for it though so I then have to fall back to internet searches. The internet has changed searching for equivalents but I often find the Towers book faster as I grew up with it and know many favourite equivalent transistors. It lists the transistors specifications and any equivalent (but not all) You can flick through various ranges of transistors and select a suitably specified part. I still have my copy from the 1980's and it still serves me well. In the UK when I worked as a 'Saturday lad' in an electronics shop, I used the 'Towers Transistor selector' book. Substitution of RF power devices needs to be approached with a great deal of caution,& preferably with a Spectrum Analyser on hand. Modern devices as a rule,are better spec'd than older ones,so a common modern type may replace an old special type. In more complex circuits,have a look at what devices other manufacturers use in similar circuits-there may be a common device which will do the job. If it is something simple,like a lamp,LED,or relay driver,you can probably replace it with a more common type without any drama. If you can't find a listed equivalent,one good philosophy is to look at the circuit the device is used in. Not only did they often disagree,but by the time you had tracked from one book to another,the specs on the final one you turned up were many times quite different to the original. At one of my earlier jobs,we had semiconductor equivalents book from several sources. Good luck finding anything that will do that!(though it must be out there somewhere) Many times the equivalents shown in the various books are harder to find than the original component.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |