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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Joe,<BR>Charlie Lamm brought up Techsonic a week
or so ago. I checked with them,<BR>they have the MN3205 listed
here:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.techsonicusa.com/page736918.htm">http://www.techsonicusa.com/page736918.htm</A><BR><BR>But
they don't have it listed here:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.angelfire.com/biz/techsonic/page4.html">http://www.angelfire.com/biz/techsonic/page4.html</A><BR><BR>So
you might contact them by phone or email to find out for sure if they've<BR>got
it or not.....it looks to be a pretty hard one to find. Even Small
Bear<BR>Electronics is out of them.<BR><BR><BR>MCM Electronics is actually one
of those places I really like having around.<BR>Even though I may be overly
picky over this particular packaging issue, I<BR>sure wouldn't kick them out of
bed for eating crackers :-).<BR><BR>They have an excellent stock of parts, but I
left my catalog at work, so I<BR>can't check it for the MN3205. I don't
recall seeing the MN3205 there, but<BR>you can do a search at:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.mcmelectronics.com">www.mcmelectronics.com</A><BR><BR>Another
place with a decent list of parts is:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.tiptopelectronics.com/">www.tiptopelectronics.com/</A><BR><BR>But
again, I don't think the MN3205 is there either.<BR><BR>Most likely someone else
on the list has more of a clue than I do.<BR><BR>Take
care,<BR>Scott<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: Joe Kramer
<<A
href="mailto:musetrap@earthlink.net">musetrap@earthlink.net</A>><BR>To: Scott
Stites <<A
href="mailto:scottnoanh@peoplepc.com">scottnoanh@peoplepc.com</A>><BR>Sent:
Tuesday, September 10, 2002 4:59 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [sdiy] BBD Packaging
experience?<BR><BR><BR>> Dear Scott,<BR>>
Hi! I don't really have an answer for your questions below (other<BR>>
than that I've seen some shoddy packaging jobs too), but I have some<BR>>
questions. I've been looking high and low without any luck for a
3205<BR>> BBD. Do you think the places you mentioned might have
one? By the way,<BR>> who is MCM? Any help
appreciated!<BR>><BR>> Regards,<BR>> Joe Kramer<BR>><BR>><BR>>
Scott Stites wrote:<BR>><BR>> > Hello all,<BR>> > MCM had some
BBD's for a pretty fair price (not as good<BR>> > as Tiptop Electronics,
though). I ordered some<BR>> > MN3207's and some MN3102's.<BR>>
><BR>> > I have to say, I wasn't entirely thrilled with the<BR>>
> packaging. The MN3102's were in conductive bags (pins<BR>> >
weren't in foam, but I'd consider this adequate<BR>> > packaging).
However, the MN3207's were just tossed<BR>> > into a what I hope is at
least an anti-static bag. No<BR>> > conductive foam, and even a few
bent pins on a couple<BR>> > of the chips. Heck, I've gotten the
radio shack mini<BR>> > echo mixer kits that had similar chips
(CD3207,<BR>> > CD3102), and they had these chips' leads embedded
in<BR>> > conductive foam *with* aluminum foil wrapped around<BR>> >
that.<BR>> ><BR>> > I know the difference between anti-static
packaging and<BR>> > conductive packaging, but for very sensitive parts,
I<BR>> > would at least like to keep all the leads at the same<BR>>
> potential before use, even if it is inside a material<BR>> > that
supposedly won't generate a static charge.<BR>> ><BR>> > I'd like to
check the chips out to see if they're<BR>> > functional, but I'm at a
point in time where I don't<BR>> > have much time to do anything for a few
weeks.<BR>> ><BR>> > Aren't these BBD's supposed to be rabidly ESD
sensitive?<BR>> ><BR>> > Has anyone received BBD's with similar
packaging, and<BR>> > if so, how did things work out?<BR>> ><BR>>
> Just wonderin......<BR>> > Scott<BR>> ><BR>> >
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