Hi Electrical Engineers! I am trying to educate myself on bypass and decoupling caps and why they are important.
On 74xxx chips, VCC and GND are often at diagonal corners. When working with a DIP package, and on a breadboard (this gets a lot easier on a PCB), where should I put a decoupling cap?
In my head I am thinking about having it straddle the PCB, but I don't know if that's the best way?
@opsnlops For prototyping I soldered a 0.01/50V leaded ceramic diagonally across the TOP of every chip or I'd have my tech do it. I had a whole rack of bins with chips already so prepared for prototyping on breadboards.
For one-off projects I'd do the same. Just tack the cap diagonally across the top of the chip, then plug it into the socket. Hahaha. Works.
@shuttersparks okay, cool, that's basically what I'm thinking of. Just kinda riding the chip like a cowboy!