<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 11:19 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lkcl@lkcl.net" target="_blank">lkcl@lkcl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 4:14 AM, Christopher Havel<br>
<<a href="mailto:laserhawk64@gmail.com">laserhawk64@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> The honest truth is that the triple-fistful of passives in there should be<br>
> replaced by a trio of dedicated flash-DAC chips -- far less crude and far<br>
> more effective.<br>
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</span> .... but about $12 - as much as the rest of the BOM! - compared to around $1<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>But it's the *professional* way to do it. I'd say it's worth the extra money not to have a bunch of EEs not faint dead away on the sight of it... not to mention all the four-letter words Dave Jones will spout when he gets his mitts on one... ;) trust me, he'll make the air bright blue.</div><div><br></div><div>(You <i>might</i> do that as a promo, Luke; the man's got quite a following... he's an Aussie, though, so that shipping is gonna hurt...)</div></div></div></div>