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From: jeffw@midas.STS.TEK.COM (Jeff Winslow)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: LM741 op amp and XR2240 timer
Message-ID: <3978@midas.STS.TEK.COM>
Date: 10 Feb 89 17:53:02 GMT
References: <2343@bucsb.UUCP> <11025@s.ms.uky.edu>
Reply-To: jeffw@midas.STS.TEK.COM (Jeff Winslow)
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In article <11025@s.ms.uky.edu> tindle@ms.uky.edu (Ken Tindle) writes:
>In article <2343@bucsb.UUCP> gerosa@bucsb.UUCP (Bill Gerosa) writes:
>>Does anyone know if there is a major difference between the LM741 op amp and
>>the 741CV op amp? Are they interchangeable?

They're interchangeable if their package styles are the same.

>I believe the 'C' suffix means the device is frequency compensated internally.
>I have never seen a non-C suffix device in use, it's plenty cheap enough to
>get that version.  The application would determine suitability.  

Nope - all 741's are (at least meant to be) internally compensated. The C
refers to the 0-70 deg C temperature range.

						Jeff Winslow