"JAY EMRIE" bravely wrote to "MIKE ROSS" (31 Mar 04  10:48:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "{at}%^{at}#$%^ VEROBOARD"

 JE> Not much other than the fact that even solid state can and will fail
 JE> sometimes.  VBG I still trust solid state more than mechanical.

The only thing solid state that I don't trust are electrolytic
capacitors. Whenever there is a possibility to get by without them in
a circuit, this increases reliability by a large margin. I'd rather
increase the impedance and use a smaller cap than use an electro but
sometimes one can't around it short of using gyrators, capacitance
multipliers, and negative something or other. Making the circuit more
complex however introduces a greater probability of failure. The most
reliable circuit is the simplest that does the job while using the
least parts that can break.

 Mike
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