Machine gun circuit

[Konrad]

Could the BC557 transistor in this circuit be substituted with a BC558B pnp type transistor as I cannot source a 557?

Konrad

Ps could a moderator email me and advise how to open replies to my posts? Thanks.

 

[Justin]

Do you mean you want to know how to reply to a thread? Or reply to an inbox message. There is a reply button on the bottom of every post, or you can just type right away in the box. Inbox messages can just be opened via the inbox button, selecting the chat you want, and doing what I stated above.

About the Transistor, I found where you can get a BC557 here. All you need to do is select the one you would like. I suggest this one here. Digikey is a very reliable source and usually delivers they're products within 48 hours. Let me know if this helped.

Here is where you can get a BC558B transistor if you would like one though. The sad part is that you can't buy them by one at a time, you need to buy them buy the thousands. So I recommend you just get the BC557 unless somebody else can find you a source that can get you a BC558B. I'm not sure if the BC558B is compatible with this circuit though, would anyone else be able to answer his question?

Edit: I found where you can get a BC558B here

 

[emc2]

You can substitute the BC557 for a 2N5088 or 2N5089. The BC557 is a really standard PNP transistor though so it shouldn't be hard to get... Where are you from?

 

[Justin]

You can substitute the BC557 for a 2N5088 or 2N5089. The BC557 is a really standard PNP transistor though so it shouldn't be hard to get... Where are you from?

His location wouldn't matter all that much because Digikey (The BC557 link I posted above) Ships to these nations.

Konrad, if you would like to get a 2N5088 or 2N5089 like emc2 stated. You can get the 2N5088 here and the 2N5089 here.