Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Using MC1488 for TTL->RS-232 Message-ID: <1990Jan3.043743.14419@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1990Jan1.001244.24596@utzoo.uucp> <34032@mips.mips.COM> <5834@ncar.ucar.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 90 04:37:43 GMT In article <5834@ncar.ucar.edu> hpoppe@bierstadt.UCAR.EDU (Herb Poppe) writes: >Maxim MAX232 >Motorola MC145407 > >Question: >Are either/both of these parts CMOS? Yes, both. However, if your question really is "is their power consumption very low?", you had better ask that explicitly. There's CMOS, and then there's CMOS. Most modern microprocessors, some of which run too hot to touch, are CMOS -- they'd melt if they were NMOS. CMOS technology is used in many parts which are not "classical" ultra-low-power CMOS. The MAX232 pulls 5-10 mA with no load. I haven't got a 145407 datasheet handy. -- 1972: Saturn V #15 flight-ready| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology 1990: birds nesting in engines | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu