[sdiy] Discontinued Part Alert :-(

[Theo]

Noticed this with some other parts too.
Seems the manufactures are kicking out TH parts.
As long they keep the SO and don't go BGA only its fine with me.
But no doubt we have to learn handling BGAs sooner than we might like :(

Cheers
Theo



----- Original Message -----
From: James Patchell <patchell at cox.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 2:03 AM
Subject: [sdiy] Discontinued Part Alert :-(


> 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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