[sdiy] Discontinued Part Alert :-(

[James Patchell]

Intersil is going to discontinue production of the CA3080 in 2005.

http://www.intersil.com/products/deviceinfo.asp?pn=CA3080

This happened on July 1st...

The CA3280E is still in full production, as of right now.

So, the OTA that started it all is about to become history...

If I remember correctly, doesn't NJM produce this part as well?

Rather ironic....I designed my first CA3080 into something for the first 
time ever just last month....and then it gets discontinued.  I bought 100 
of them from Jameco three weeks ago, although, I did not know it was 
discontinued at the time...

Anyway, heads up, if you plan on using this part in the future, you may 
want to stock up a bit on it...

Although, keep in mind, the NJM13600 and NJM13700 are basically identical 
(the OTA portion that is), so it is not like there won't be an equivelent part.


         -Jim
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