Nigel Goodwin said:
If you can come across any old Grundig V2000 VCR's, they were stuffed full of useful IC's, opamps and logic chips all over the place.
We are getting closer...
Bob Scott said:
Nigel Goodwin said:
Like I said before, I wouldn't have thought so, and like I also said, it's extremely rare for any modern common domestic items to have any useful standard chips in them - main hope is a voltage regulator or two, such as 7805, 7812 and LM317.
Please people, stop focusing on the part number itself, I don't even know what that part is, I just cut & pasted it from a text as an example.
I'm not looking for an CD4017
Let me rephrase my words here.
I'm looking for a software that would give me info. about "In what particular device", can I find this or that component. Kind of a database.
Let's say I'm working on a project (any project) and I happen to need a component (any component), it would be interesting to be able to enter the name of the component in a search engine and get a list of the devices that will, or are likely to, contain that component.
"EXAMPLE": I need a 555 timer or a 22K
hm: resistor or a Zener diode rated at "x" Volts...
-You will find a 555 timer in "device" made by Toshiba or "device" made by Panasonic.
-You will find a 22K resistor in any television made by Sony.
-You will find a Zener rated at "X" Volts in "part number of device" made by Fuji...
I know a software like that probably doesn't exist, if this is the case I'll start working on keeping track of what component I find in what device and maybe I'll be able to write a nice Pdf with that info.
I you guys feel like joining in, feel free and post your findings here.
What would be nice to know:
-What is the manufacturer of the device.
-The name & serial number of the device
-Maybe, if available, the year the device was manufactured
-And finally, everything you find in there:
Ex.:
- 3x 22K resistors
- 2x green leds
- 1x red led
- 1x variable power transformer.
- You name it...