[sdiy] Discontinued Part Alert :-(

[Roman]

They state also "to be discontinued" at CA3080M, so being SOIC
doesn't help here

Roman

----- Original Message -----
From: "Theo" <t.hogers at home.nl>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>; "James Patchell" <patchell at cox.net>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Discontinued Part Alert :-(


> 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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> > http://www.oldcrows.net/~patchell
> >
> > ***************************************************************
> >
> >
>