• Useful IC's for Homebrewers •

Listed below are some useful ICs which could be used in Homebrew projects. I would update the list and description, as and when I come across new ones. The Remarks column indicates if this chip has been used in any of my projects.

If you have any suggestion, please send me a mail and I shall add it in the list.

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Part No. Description Remarks
MAXIMS IC
MAX2003 Fast - Charge / Discharge Battery Charger
MAX713 NiCd/NiMH Battery Fast-Charge Controllers
MAX1667E Chemistry Independent Level 2 Smart Battery Charger
MAX1647 Chemistry Independent Battery Charger with SMBus Interface
MAX1648 Chemistry Independent Battery Charger
MAX846 Cost Saving Chemistry Independent Battery Charger System
MAX1612 Bridge Battery Backup Controller with 5V Linear Regulator Output for Note Book Operation.  
MAX2632 VHF to Microwave, 3V, General purpose amplifier with Bias control.  
MAX2235 3V, 1W Power Amplifier for 900 MHz Applications
MAX2511 Low voltage IF Transreceiver with Limiter and RSSI Complete Rx. 200 MHz - 440 MHz (first IF) to 8 MHz - 13 MHz (Second IF)  
MAX158 CMOS high speed 8 bit ADC with Multiplexer and reference.
MAX2605 45 - 70 MHz, Integrated IF VCO with Differential Output
MAX2606 70 - 150 MHz, Integrated IF VCO with Differential Output
MAX2650 DC - to - Microwave +5V Low Noise Amplifier
MAX2620 Low Phase Noise, Low Power, 3V RF Oscillator
MAX038 High Frequency Waveform Generator 0.1hz - 20 MHz. (Triangle, Sawtooth , Sine, Square and Pulse)  
MAX2452 3V, Ultra-Low Power Quadrature Modulator
MAX2470 10 MHz to 500 MHz VCO Buffer Amplifiers with Differential Outputs  
MAX2472 500 MHz to 2500 MHz VCO Buffer Amplifiers
MAX2510 Low Voltage IF Transreceiver with Limiter/RSSI and Quadrature Modulator. Complete Rx path 600 MHz 1st IF, 30 MHz 2nd IF  
MAX2611 DC - to - Microwave, Low Noise Amplifier
MAX1459 2-Wire, 4-20mA Smart Signal Conditioner
MAX1480 Complete, Isolated RS-485/RS-422 Data Interface
MAX2608
MAX3130/31 3V to 5.5V, IrDA Infrared Transreceiver with Integrated RS-232 Interface
MAX3100 SPI/ Microwire compatible UART
MAX1470 315 MHz Low Power, +3V Super heterodyne Receiver.
MAX2900 Complete 900 MHz ISM Transmitter with 200mW power.
MAX197 Multirange 12 Bit DAS with 8 + 4 Bus Interface
MAX5407 World's Smallest Log Taper Digital POT
MAX5027 500iKhz,36V Output, SOT23,  PWM  Step-UP DC - DC converters (Input Voltage Range : 4.5V to 11V)
MAX5025 500iKhz,36V Output, SOT23,  PWM  Step-UP DC - DC converters (Input Voltage Range : 3V to 11V)
MAX5026 500iKhz,36V Output, SOT23,  PWM  Step-UP DC - DC converters (Input Voltage Range : 3V to 11V)
MAX7651 Flash Programmable 12bit Integrated DAS.
DS1809-050 Nonvolatile digitally controlled potentiometer (64 taps)
MAX5453 Dual, 256 - Tap, Up/Down Interface Digital Potentiometers (50K)
MAX2371 LNA's with Step Attenuator and VGA
MX7224 CMOS 8 Bit DAC with Output Amplifier
DS1302
DS1678
DS1820
MAX7221
DS1804-010
DS1232
MAX1044
MAX1473
DS80C390
DS80C400
DS1744-070
MAX1470
MAX186
MAX6955
MAX7224
MAX3100
MAX3130
MAX6953
MAX5453
MAX2371
MAX5025
MAX5026
MAX5027
MAX1978
MAX2903
ANALOG DEVICES
AD9850 Direct Digital Synthesis up to 30 MHz.
AD9851 Direct Digital Synthesis up to 80 MHz. DDS upto 80 MHz
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTORS
LM380 Audio Power Amplifier RM-96 Transreceiver
LM567 Tone Decoder Morse code Decoder
ADC0804 8 bit uP compatible Analog to Digital Converter.
DAC0800 8 bit Digital to Analog Converter
ADC0809 8 channel 8 - Bit Analog - Digital Converter
LM3914 Dot / Bar Display Driver Voltmeter
LM35 Precision Centigrade Temperature Sensor
LM2687
LM2917
LMX2306 550 MHz PLLatinum Low Power Frequency Synthesizer for RF Personal Communication with Dual Modulus Prescalar 8/9  
LMX5080 Prescalar
LMX2330 PLLatinum Dual Frequency Synthesizer for RF Personal Communication 2.5 GHz / 510 MHz  
LMX2336 2.0 GHz / 1.1 GHz PLLatinum Dual frequency synthesizer for RF Personal Communications  
LMX2331 2.0 GHz / 510 MHz PLLatinum Dual Frequency synthesizer for RF personal Communications  
LMX2301 PLLatinum 160 MHz Frequency Synthesizer for RF Personal Communications  
ADC12048 12 bit Plus Sign 216 KHz 8 Channel sampling Analog to Digital Converter.  
LMX3161 Single Chip Radio Transreceiver up to 2.0 GHz.
LM3647 Universal Battery Charger for Li-Ion, Ni-MH & Ni-Cd Batteries
LMD18200 3A, 55V H-Bridge
LM10
ADC0802
COP8FGE7
MICREL SEMICONDUCTOR
MICRF001BM QwikRadio™ Receiver/Data Demodulator
MICF002BM QwikRadio™ Low-Power UHF Receiver
MICRF001BN QwikRadio™ Receiver/Data Demodulator
MCRF001BN QwikRadio™ Receiver/Data Demodulator
MICRF011BN QwikRadio™ Receiver/Data Demodulator
MICRF022BN QwikRadio™ Low-Power UHF Receiver
MOTOROLA SEMICONDUCTOR
MC3357 FM IF sub system 10.7 MHz IF system
MC3361 FM IF sub system 10.7 MHz IF system
MC3362 Single Conversion FM Receiver upto 200 MHz with varicap tune HF SSB Rx.
MC3363 Single Conversion FM Rx upto 200 MHz with preamp and varicap tune (SMD) VHF Receiver
MC2833 NBFM Transmitter Chip upto 200 MHz NBFM Tx