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These are literally just breakout boards for the CD74HC4067, with a bypass cap close to the power pin, which is a nice addition and ensures much more stable operation than you would get by using your own, which would necessarily be further away. It works very well, but there are a few things to note about the chip that may be relevant depending on what kind of analog signals you're working with. Per the datasheet, there is 0.051% sine wave distortion with a 5V signal level. That may not sound like much, but the sine wave is the easiest test condition possible, so it's likely to be worse with other wave shapes - particularly the square waves seen in digital signals. For audio, 0.051% at 5V works out to be a distortion level of about 2.5mW - consider that a 2.5mW into most headphones would be loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage, these boards are NOT suitable for switching audio sources for, say, a headphone amp. Even for loudspeakers, that level of distortion is going to be audible, especially since power constraints mean you're probably going to be switching at the preamp, not the power amp. This board shines when you have lots of analog sensor sources with small signals that aren't precise enough for a 0.051% difference to matter, just don't expect fantastic performance for audio.

These are literally just breakout boards for the CD74HC4067, with a bypass cap close to the power pin, which is a nice addition and ensures much more stable operation than you would get by using your own, which would necessarily be further away. It works very well, but there are a few things to note about the chip that may be relevant depending on what kind of analog signals you're working with. Per the datasheet, there is 0.051% sine wave distortion with a 5V signal level. That may not sound like much, but the sine wave is the easiest test condition possible, so it's likely to be worse with other wave shapes - particularly the square waves seen in digital signals. For audio, 0.051% at 5V works out to be a distortion level of about 2.5mW - consider that a 2.5mW into most headphones would be loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage, these boards are NOT suitable for switching audio sources for, say, a headphone amp. Even for loudspeakers, that level of distortion is going to be audible, especially since power constraints mean you're probably going to be switching at the preamp, not the power amp. This board shines when you have lots of analog sensor sources with small signals that aren't precise enough for a 0.051% difference to matter, just don't expect fantastic performance for audio.

These are literally just breakout boards for the CD74HC4067, with a bypass cap close to the power pin, which is a nice addition and ensures much more stable operation than you would get by using your own, which would necessarily be further away. It works very well, but there are a few things to note about the chip that may be relevant depending on what kind of analog signals you're working with. Per the datasheet, there is 0.051% sine wave distortion with a 5V signal level. That may not sound like much, but the sine wave is the easiest test condition possible, so it's likely to be worse with other wave shapes - particularly the square waves seen in digital signals. For audio, 0.051% at 5V works out to be a distortion level of about 2.5mW - consider that a 2.5mW into most headphones would be loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage, these boards are NOT suitable for switching audio sources for, say, a headphone amp. Even for loudspeakers, that level of distortion is going to be audible, especially since power constraints mean you're probably going to be switching at the preamp, not the power amp. This board shines when you have lots of analog sensor sources with small signals that aren't precise enough for a 0.051% difference to matter, just don't expect fantastic performance for audio.