Re: Maximum Current for Discrete 741 & 555

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markmoran
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Wow!  Thanks so much for the quick and detailed reply.  I’ve never seen an x-ray of an electronic component and find them strangely pretty, especially the TLC555.  I had no idea the actual “goods” inside a discrete transistor were such a tiny portion, although I take some comfort realizing that size matters here just as elsewhere, and that there’s even a logical reason that a 3904 costs less than a 2222 which costs less than a 968.

Looking forward to putting together the discrete 741 when it arrives and then doing the 741 experiments in Charles Platt’s Make More Electronics with it and my oscilloscope.