Re: It's not quite dead..

Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson@xxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
> I'm quite a newbie on this, but I got the impression the values above
> are maximum values, so if I found a suitable npn transistor with the
> right leads but e.g. V CEO much higher, it may work as well?

Yep.
silicon NPN transistors all have the same properties (apart from perhaps
maximum tolerances and stuff), they all have .7v at the BE junction, for
example (at saturation, which is what a switching transistor will be at).

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