EEVblog 1752 - Texas Instruments SCREWED UP the NE5532!

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WTF were Texas Instruments thinking changing the design and major specs of the 45+ year old jellybean NE5532 audio opamp WITHOUT changing the part number?!

New datasheet: https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ne5532.pdf
Old datasheet: https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/405/ne5532a-556776.pdf
Change Notification: https://mm.digikey.com/Volume0/opasdata/d220001/medias/docus/5726/PCN20231114002.1.pdf
Onsemi datasheet: https://www.onsemi.com/pdf/datasheet/ne5534-d.pdf
Forum thread: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/ti-ne5532-audio-opamp-changes/
OPI134: https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/opa4134.pdf

00:00 - TI have changed the classic jellybean NE5534
03:27 - Product Change Notifications (PCN's)
06:43 - List of the changes
09:07 - Don't worry abut that 600ohm load rubbish
10:45 - Let's look at other manufacturers
12:50 - The OPA134 has a WILD change!
18:15 - They formally claim the changes have NO IMPACT! This could get them sued...
19:20 - Is the Single NE5534 impacted?
20:30 - This LMH6518 change might be killing oscilloscopes!
23:25 - Here is how it's done: LM317


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