Lorick wrote: >From: "Oliver Broad" > >> However the consequences of leaving it vulnerable are less severe as it is >> an off-the-shelf part > >I'm definitely socketing everything just to make it easy to fix any poor >design decisions I make! > >> Also you have the option of looking at more robust analog switches. > >Any suggested device lines I could look into? I know there's other analog >switches/multiplexors in the 4000 series like the 4053 triple 2 way I think, >but other than the 4000 series I don't know of anything off hand. Maybe >there's a TTL equivalent? > Another possibility is to buffer the 4066 from the outside world using some kind of more robust chip - 'LS245, JFET opamp, etc - depends upon the exact signals being transferred. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.