Stuart Capewell (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} stuartc) wrote,@ 2006-09-14 20:00:00 |
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The times, they have a'changed.
I've apparently been out of the electronic hobbyist loop for too long.
For as long as I can remember the canonical transistor, when you didn't really care about the details but you needed something, was always the BC108. (BC108C, if you needed that extra gain.)
Apparently the BC108 is now officially "obsolete". Most places don't stock it. At first, I assumed this was a US weirdness, but then I went and checked the ultimate authority, The Maplin Catalogue, and it too no longer lists my old friend.
Oh well. 2N3904 is apparently the new BC108.
I've apparently been out of the electronic hobbyist loop for too long.
For as long as I can remember the canonical transistor, when you didn't really care about the details but you needed something, was always the BC108. (BC108C, if you needed that extra gain.)
Apparently the BC108 is now officially "obsolete". Most places don't stock it. At first, I assumed this was a US weirdness, but then I went and checked the ultimate authority, The Maplin Catalogue, and it too no longer lists my old friend.
Oh well. 2N3904 is apparently the new BC108.
