> How does one efficiently find the right part to solve a particular 
> problem? 

Years of training, years of experience, parametric searches
and asking questions.   You may notice that on occasion, 
people attempting to answer questions on this list ask 
the originator for more information - typically stated as  
"what are you trying to do" as opposed to just answering 
the question outright.  They do this because some answers 
are "context sensitive".

Ken

klumia@adelphia.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rolf" <learr@rogers.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: [PIC] Some random thoughts regarding tutorials

<snip>

> What I needed was to be able to say: 
> Here is a problem, what are good ways to solve it, and how does one 
> discover what parts fulfil a given function. I ended up having  just the 
> PIC, then the PIC with a transistor, then a PIC with a 2N7000 FET, 
> finally a BS170MOSFET. I would have been much happier if I could have 
> skipped some of those steps.
> 
> Subsequently I have found that I could have used a microchip part as 
> well in an 8pin PDIP instead of two TO-92 packages...
> 
> How does one efficiently find the right part to solve a particular 
> problem? Does eveyone just know what a 2N???? is?


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