On 14 Aug 2010 at 21:47, Josh Dersch wrote:
The board I'm populating needs 64 chips, but
I'm only missing six of
them. Is valid to assume that 2147s will play nicely with the
existing 5257s? In that case the extra power consumption from 6 2147s
is probably not going to break the bank.
I'd probably replace a row of 8, not just the 6. The 2147 is a lot
faster than the MM5257 (by about a factor of 5) which probably
accounts for the difference in power consumption. If you've got the
power, you should be fine.
--Chuck