Re: GAL running hot

From: Francesco Messineo <francesco.messineo_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:52:46 +0200
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On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 11:25 AM,  <silverdr@wfmh.org.pl> wrote:
> Unfortunately not /that/ GAL.. anyway - I made a small circuit (the first successful one in KiCAD I wrote about not long ago) for the 64 that employs the small 16V8 GAL chip. All works fine but the (Lattice) chip runs surprisingly hot. Does anyone have any experience with GALs and with what can affect their power consumption?


In my experience, old PALs and GALs run hot, but I've never really
investigated why. Who would use them nowadays anyway? ;-)

Frank
Received on 2018-04-20 15:02:16

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