At 05:45 PM 5/14/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>I downloaded the datasheet for MAX232A (from farnell) and it seems
>that I need 5x0.1uF capacitors to make this chip happy. I was just
>wondering if I should choose electrolytic type capacitors or will
>anything do, since 0.1u is 100n, which is small even when it is not
>electrolytic.

Use ceramics with decent dielectric characteristics (eg. X7R) and
sufficient voltage rating. They are small, cheap and reliable.
In some cases you may wish to use higher than  the 0.1uF (see curves).

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