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 I just went searching quite deeply for a photo of what I'm talking about and can't find a single one. Everyone did this in the 70s, 80s, 90s. Seems to be forgotten technology. Haha. Crazy. It's the best way, especially when working with chips like DRAM that draws big pulses of power.
Anyway, just a 0.01 uF/50V axial leaded cap tack soldered to the power pins, right where they enter the package, across the top of the chip. The chip can then be plugged into a socket, breadboard, PCB, and brings it's own bypass cap along.
@relhr0vs @shuttersparks Those sockets are so cool! 😍
@shuttersparks @opsnlops I have these little fellas. I can't remember where I got them from originally, but they do exactly what has been described, just contained within the socket.