[Ronja] SFH 495 as alternate IR transmitter?

[Arun Krishnan]

Hey Saad,

You can never completely trust used parts. Best you could do is buy a
lot of extras and then test each of them before using them. Since they
are next to impossible to find, I'm open to using any I can find.

Regards the IR diode, someone else more knowledgeable than me will reply
:)

Regards,
Arun


----- Original message -----
From: "Saad Shakeel" <hybrid.parameter at yahoo.com>
To: "Twibright Ronja" <ronja at lists.pointless.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:53:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {SPAM 05.8} [Ronja] SFH 495 as alternate IR transmitter?

Hey everyone,
   
  I'd like your opinion about the possibility of using a SFH 495 IR
  diode.
  http://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/45680/SIEMENS/SFH495P.html
   
  It has a rise time of 7ns and a half angle of 30 degrees at 2.1 volts.
   
  Please let me know if this may be used as an alternate to HSDL-4230.
   
  Thanks
   
   
  Saad
   
   
  P.S.
   
  I found some shopkeepers here selling used 74hc133s... 
  Any idea from where they might have extracted those? And would they
  still be reliable to work with?

       
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