In message <8A08E6D5DA4@eng_1.mech.port.ac.uk>, Andrew Farrar writes >Hello all, > >(sorry its not quite PIC related) > >Does anyone know a source in the UK for ZN429E-8, an 8 bit DAC, used >to be Ferranti, then GPS?. Only require a small number 10. > >It seems that many ZN devices have disappeared as obsolete devices. >Why is this ? Even the 428 DAC and 448 ADC. Seing that these are >quite widely used parts, why have they suddenly disappeared? > >Is there a direct replacement for the ZN429-8 or is someone else >manufacturing it under different part number? > >NB I am keen to find the parts as board has already been made, and >populated (almost fully !!) > GPS stopped making most of the Plessey linear and Ferranti devices about a year ago. Leon -- Leon Heller: leon@lfheller.demon.co.uk http://www.lfheller.demon.co.uk Amateur Radio Callsign G1HSM Tel: +44 (0) 118 947 1424 See http://www.lfheller.demon.co.uk/rcm.htm for details of a low-cost reconfigurable computing module using the XC6216 FPGA