[sdiy] SSM2164 availability / Group buy

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth Tom Wiltshire at 14/09/11 02:20...
> The THAT2162 costs about twice as much per VCA as the SSM2164, so 
 > I'd expect better performance. Also it's a QSOP part, which
 > is on the tiny side of SMD, though not impossible.

Soldermask, soldermask, always soldermask ;-)

> Mouser have them:

Ignoring the hideous Mouser freight charges to Australia for orders 
under $200, that's actually cheaper per piece than I paid for SSM2164s 
from Element14 (Farnell) over here - before I discovered the merits of 
Small Bear.

As I pay for board fabrication by the square inch, getting the size down 
from those enormous DIP packages also reduces module cost - so I'm not 
sure it's actually more expensive at the end of the day.

Certainly an attractive proposition for me - or at least it will be when 
I've used up all the Small Bear parts.


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