Does anyone have a cheat sheet made of IC part numbers and their functions? I'm making a few things for my Jeep and one thing I would like to do I don't know if there is an IC that performs the function and figured maybe someone here might have something like a cheat sheet on IC's that would help me know and on future projects. TIA!

 

Welcome to AAC!
It would need to be a massive sheet, since there are gazillions of possible functions.
These days a quick google of the function with the search term 'IC' or 'schematic' or 'circuit' added is probably the simplest solution.

 

Hello,

As @Alec_t told you, there are MANY ic's.
What kind ic's are you looking for?
This page has some chips cited:
http://www.kingswood-consulting.co.uk/giicm/

Bertus

 

Does anyone have a cheat sheet made of IC part numbers and their functions? I'm making a few things for my Jeep and one thing I would like to do I don't know if there is an IC that performs the function and figured maybe someone here might have something like a cheat sheet on IC's that would help me know and on future projects. TIA!

You can do that if you did the following:

1. separate your functions into analog functions and digital functions
2. find out the most commonly used ICs and do those ICs only

Here is a very abridged list of analog chips:

LMC555 Timer
LM7805 5V regulator
LM324 Quad single supply opamp
LM339 Quad single supply comparator
LM358 Dual single supply opamp
LM386 Audio loud speaker amplifier

Check this out for some digital IC functions:
https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/components-selection-guide.65137/

 

Hello,

As @Alec_t told you, there are MANY ic's.
What kind ic's are you looking for?
This page has some chips cited:
http://www.kingswood-consulting.co.uk/giicm/

Bertus

What I'm doing is making a set of led lights that sequence. I've got what I need to sequence I would just like to try to make the LEDs before and after the lighted one glow dim. Is there a website or someplace I can go where I can put in what I want it to do and it will tell me if there is an IC for that? I really enjoy doing electrical work on vehicle. It started in the army when we would have an electrical issue with a truck and I was the one who always had to figure it out. It really makes you think.

 

What I'm doing is making a set of led lights that sequence. I've got what I need to sequence I would just like to try to make the LEDs before and after the lighted one glow dim. Is there a website or someplace I can go where I can put in what I want it to do and it will tell me if there is an IC for that? I really enjoy doing electrical work on vehicle. It started in the army when we would have an electrical issue with a truck and I was the one who always had to figure it out. It really makes you think.

My answer is, No, there is no such website or documented information to tell you what IC to use.

The closest you can come to that is AAC. This site. Simply post your requirement and you will be bound to receive lots of suggestions within 60 minutes - guaranteed!

 

My answer is, No, there is no such website or documented information to tell you what IC to use.

The closest you can come to that is AAC. This site. Simply post your requirement and you will be bound to receive lots of suggestions within 60 minutes - guaranteed!

Yes. I love this site already. You guys respond fast and are helpful. I find this stuff interesting. I am just beginning and hope I don't bore you guys. I am using an IC 4017 and 4060 to make my taillights sequence and would like the LEDs before and after the light one to lite up dull to give the coming on/off effect. Would I just wire the 3 together and have the one before and after connected to a resister or something? I suppose that might work but if there is something out there that would do the same without all of the extra parts/ wires I think that would be best. Thanks for all of your help. I really enjoy reading things on this site. I really enjoy this stuff and was thinking of getting a degree in Mechratronics because that would fall into my likes of mechanics and electrical but I don't see how good it would be because by the time I would be done with the degree I would be almost 50.

 

Yes. I love this site already. You guys respond fast and are helpful. I find this stuff interesting. I am just beginning and hope I don't bore you guys. I am using an IC 4017 and 4060 to make my taillights sequence and would like the LEDs before and after the light one to lite up dull to give the coming on/off effect. Would I just wire the 3 together and have the one before and after connected to a resister or something? I suppose that might work but if there is something out there that would do the same without all of the extra parts/ wires I think that would be best. Thanks for all of your help. I really enjoy reading things on this site. I really enjoy this stuff and was thinking of getting a degree in Mechratronics because that would fall into my likes of mechanics and electrical but I don't see how good it would be because by the time I would be done with the degree I would be almost 50.

Glad to hear that you enjoy the site.

Generally, when we are trying to dim something like an LED we tend to go with pulse-width modulation (PWM for short).
We can use something like a 555-timer circuit to pulse the LED and we vary the duty-cycle, i.e. how long we turn on the LED on each cycle.

For the lowest count IC circuit, your simplest solution is to go with a microcontroller chip. With that, the sky is the limit and you let your imagination run wild. Any kind of pattern, light intensity and pulsating becomes possible.

How are your programming skills?

 

Glad to hear that you enjoy the site.

Generally, when we are trying to dim something like an LED we tend to go with pulse-width modulation (PWM for short).
We can use something like a 555-timer circuit to pulse the LED and we vary the duty-cycle, i.e. how long we turn on the LED on each cycle.

For the lowest count IC circuit, your simplest solution is to go with a microcontroller chip. With that, the sky is the limit and you let your imagination run wild. Any kind of pattern, light intensity and pulsating becomes possible.

How are your programming skills?

My electronic programming skills are non existant. I was a Drill Sergeant in the Army, so give me 10 weeks at 18 hours a day and I can get the most unruly of children programmed, lol. My son is about to graduate college and that's what he does. He loves it, so maybe he can teach pops something for a change.

 

My electronic programming skills are non existant. I was a Drill Sergeant in the Army, so give me 10 weeks at 18 hours a day and I can get the most unruly of children programmed, lol. My son is about to graduate college and that's what he does. He loves it, so maybe he can teach pops something for a change.

I will say for sure that programming chips is a lot easier and more fun than programming unruly children.
Are you willing to give it a try?
If your son has some microcontroller (MCU) programming experience, ask him to give you his recommendations for a starter kit to try out. It is always handy having someone on the spot to help you out when you get into trouble.

 

Yes. I love this site already. You guys respond fast and are helpful. I find this stuff interesting. I am just beginning and hope I don't bore you guys. I am using an IC 4017 and 4060 to make my taillights sequence and would like the LEDs before and after the light one to lite up dull to give the coming on/off effect. Would I just wire the 3 together and have the one before and after connected to a resister or something? I suppose that might work but if there is something out there that would do the same without all of the extra parts/ wires I think that would be best. Thanks for all of your help. I really enjoy reading things on this site. I really enjoy this stuff and was thinking of getting a degree in Mechratronics because that would fall into my likes of mechanics and electrical but I don't see how good it would be because by the time I would be done with the degree I would be almost 50.

If you don't have too many LEDs, then an approach long the lines of what you are describing is doable. You would need to include diodes so that the adjacent channels don't interact in unwanted ways and you will likely need to buffer the logic outputs since they will probably not be able to deliver the total current that you will need for your LEDs.

It should be a simple matter to design a small circuit board that will do all the logic and the analog scaling and then have one wire going out to each LED. If the LEDs are all in the same physical area (as opposed to spread out across the side or back of the vehicle) then it might be possible to mount them directly on the circuit board.

 

Does anyone have a cheat sheet made of IC part numbers and their functions? I'm making a few things for my Jeep and one thing I would like to do I don't know if there is an IC that performs the function and figured maybe someone here might have something like a cheat sheet on IC's that would help me know and on future projects. TIA!

Here is a long list to sort through for both 7400 and 4000 series logic chips. Good luck.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_4000_series_integrated_circuits

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_7400_series_integrated_circuits

 

I will say for sure that programming chips is a lot easier and more fun than programming unruly children.
Are you willing to give it a try?
If your son has some microcontroller (MCU) programming experience, ask him to give you his recommendations for a starter kit to try out. It is always handy having someone on the spot to help you out when you get into trouble.

I'm going to look into it. Thanks again for all of the information and guidance. It's really appreciated

 

If you don't have too many LEDs, then an approach long the lines of what you are describing is doable. You would need to include diodes so that the adjacent channels don't interact in unwanted ways and you will likely need to buffer the logic outputs since they will probably not be able to deliver the total current that you will need for your LEDs.

It should be a simple matter to design a small circuit board that will do all the logic and the analog scaling and then have one wire going out to each LED. If the LEDs are all in the same physical area (as opposed to spread out across the side or back of the vehicle) then it might be possible to mount them directly on the circuit board.

Thanks. Yes, they will all be in the same area. I'm contemplating using some tractor trailer lights and modifying them because there is a certain effect I'm wanting for the regular marking lights. Thanks!

 

Here is a long list to sort through for both 7400 and 4000 series logic chips. Good luck.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_4000_series_integrated_circuits

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_7400_series_integrated_circuits

Great. Thanks for the info!