26 Oct
2005
26 Oct
'05
1:24 a.m.
A friend of mine has been using Mouser Electronics lately and has been
happy with them. OTOH have you tried E-bay? Sometimes you can get small
lots of ICs for very reasonable prices. This guy
<http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmil-std-883QQhtZ-1> always has small lots
of ICs, diodes and transistors. Most of it is mil-spec parts and are excess
from production out of places like Martin Marietta and
is of excellant
quality. (Tell him that Joe sent you.)
but only in QFP).
The small surface mount only packages are a BIG problem for individuals
that want to build a single circuit. A friend of mine designs and builds a
lot of circuits commercailly and he's always raising hell with the IC
manufacturers and trying to get them to produce chips in DIP packages. I
keep telling him that it's hopeless.
Joe
At 11:34 PM 10/25/05 -0700, you wrote:
The chat about the FDC reminded me of a data
acquisition project I've had
partly completed for a couple of years.
Where is a good source for purchasing small-quantity ICs in the US? In
particular, I'm looking for a few 64Kx9 async FIFOs (e.g. IDT7208 or
CY7C466) in DIP packages (I can find the Cypress part at DigiKey, but only
in QFP).
Suggestions would be welcome.
Cheers,
Chuck