[sdiy] DIP LM13700 discontinuation

[Neil Johnson]

Hi Mike,

On Thu, 20 May 2021 at 17:04, Mike Beauchamp <list at mikebeauchamp.com> wrote:
> On 5/19/21 8:06 AM, mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
> > It seems Texas Instruments is discontinuing the LM13700N - that is the DIP
> > version of the part.  Mouser lists it as "End of Life" and links to this
> > discontinuation notice dated May 12, 2021, with the last order date May
> > 12, 2022:
> >     https://www.mouser.com/PCN/Texas_Instruments_PCN20210505000_2021051212340278.pdf
>
> Thanks for the heads up Matthew,
>
> Can anyone comment on what cancelling the DIP package might mean to the
> SMT version in the near future? I wonder if they are no longer producing
> the actual die, or just not bothering to put it in a DIP package?

My *guess* is that the demand for the DIP package is not enough to
justify running a separate package line, so they're EOLing it.
Packaging is a very expensive part of the chip production, so why run
a whole package line when sales don't justify it?

Neil