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First IC you came in contact with?
Ian.M:
I was another ZN414 AM TRF radio builder. The only thing that was noteworthy was the 'solderless breadboard' construction - nearly all the parts were connected by clamping their leads under brass screwcups secured by steel screws in a plank of softwood that had been boiled in paraffin wax so it wouldn't adsorb moisture. I also had a DIL16 socket to sprung terminal breakout board, as even if you contemplated butchering a DIP8 package IC it was obvious that it would be near-impossible to get enough screwcups round it without shorts!
nali:
UA741, in the project "Brake Light Checker" in Everyday Electronics as a 13yo back in 1977, which I fitted it to my Dad's 1965 Ford Transit. It worked but back then LEDs weren't that efficient and it was hard to see the LED on the dashboard.
Project is on p.39 of this scan https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Everyday-Electronics/70s/Everyday-Electronics-1977-01.pdf
rob.manderson:
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--- Quote from: Tandy on May 18, 2015, 02:29:46 pm ---Somewhat related, information about the first IC produced. http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_689592?hootPostID=fd8eeb88a279893823ef32a7e2f2b209
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There is a mock up of Kilby's original lab, using his original equipment, in one of TI's buildings in Dallas. Walk down the right corridor, and there is a section of glass wall where you are looking into his lab. The research labs at the same site are called Kilby Labs in memory of him.
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Back when TI had a presence in France (Nice) their facility was on Jack Kilby Boulevard. It was a little strange the first time I went there and discovered an indubitably English name on a French road. I've since learned that the French give credit where credit is due and aren't afraid of foreign names :) Alas, TI seem to have sold off the facility and the road is no longer named Jack Kilby (or if it is I can't find it on google earth).
coppice:
--- Quote from: rob.manderson on February 03, 2021, 01:22:53 am ---Back when TI had a presence in France (Nice) their facility was on Jack Kilby Boulevard. It was a little strange the first time I went there and discovered an indubitably English name on a French road. I've since learned that the French give credit where credit is due and aren't afraid of foreign names :) Alas, TI seem to have sold off the facility and the road is no longer named Jack Kilby (or if it is I can't find it on google earth).
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Its quite common in the US to find a road named after a major company in that road - e.g. TI are in TI Boulevard in Dallas. Its very unusual in Europe, but naming roads after famous people is fairly common.
G7PSK:
The first IC that I ever used in a circuit myself was the 555, would not supprise me if it's the most common first IC build in the world.
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