Hey guys,
I want to build a tiny guitar amplifier and my drawer full of LM386's isn't cutting it. Are there any IC's that are currently manufactured that do at least 3W and are similarly as easy as the LM386 and ideally include some protection for overheating, etc?
If not, maybe my best bet is to add a push-pull transistor output at the end of an opamp stage (like in the attachment) - but I don't know how I'd chose the resistor values or the transistors to get 3W safely.
I want to build a tiny guitar amplifier and my drawer full of LM386's isn't cutting it. Are there any IC's that are currently manufactured that do at least 3W and are similarly as easy as the LM386 and ideally include some protection for overheating, etc?
If not, maybe my best bet is to add a push-pull transistor output at the end of an opamp stage (like in the attachment) - but I don't know how I'd chose the resistor values or the transistors to get 3W safely.