Black Ice kind of passive clipping

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Re: Black Ice kind of passive clipping

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mouser has vishay bat42TR for $0.11 10ma 30v
and bat42 STmicro bat42 for $0.54 200ma 30v

is the 10ma diode safe to use? I'm not exactly sure how to use Ohms law here.
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Re: Black Ice kind of passive clipping

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Yeah, it's safe. They'd be safe for pedal use as well.

You can basically use any schottky, though. I keep BAT42 and 1N6263s around just because I know their forward voltages and they're different colours.

Also, the 1N34A germaniums at Circuit Specialists are pretty low in forward voltage. I just stopped using germanium because they take up more board space and they're inconsistent.
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yeah I was think pedals and 9v 10ma?. you answered my question. while were on the topic of diodes, mouser has 1n4148 for $0.01 or $0.008 in bulk on sale end of life.
http://www.mouser.com/Semiconductors/_/N-5gcb?Keyword=1n4148&FS=True&Ns=Pricing|0
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Re: Black Ice kind of passive clipping

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Nice find!

Totally ordering at least 1000.
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