<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 14 Nov 2019, at 23:04, <a href="mailto:sleepy_dog@gmx.de" class="">sleepy_dog@gmx.de</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Ben Stuyts wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="">How’s $0.03 for a microcontroller? :) <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhAGnsnO7w" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhAGnsnO7w</a></div>
<div class="">Die shot: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jw5D0F008c" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jw5D0F008c</a></div>
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<div class="">By the way, <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://lcsc.com/" class="">lcsc.com</a> where this mcu came from is a really
interesting distributer, part of the same company als <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://jlcpcb.com/" class="">jlcpcb.com</a> (pcb
manufacturer). Lots of cheap Chinese parts, but also e.g. ST
microcontrollers for better prices than e.g. Farnell or Digikey.
I’ve used some of them in production, no complaints yet.</div>
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</blockquote><p class="">Ha! :D That's slightly cheating, though, isn't it? Unrealiably
obtainable "seasonal produce" fresh from Shenzen market... usually
made for one-off rubbish products.<br class="">
Or not?</p></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>I believe <a href="http://lcsc.com" class="">lcsc.com</a> is a reputable distributor, and the company behind those cheap MCU’s (Paduak Tech) seems to give reasonable support. There are some <a href="http://eevblog.com" class="">eevblog.com</a> forum threads where people discuss their experience with these chips. I just checked that particular MCU and it is still in stock, over 18k pcs: <a href="https://lcsc.com/product-detail/PADAUK_PADAUK-Tech-PMS150C-U06_C168658.html" class="">https://lcsc.com/product-detail/PADAUK_PADAUK-Tech-PMS150C-U06_C168658.html</a>. It boggles the mind…</div><div><br class=""></div><div>For a more well known example: For a recent production run I needed 100 pcs of the STM32F103RBT6, a 64 pin Arm Cortex-M3 controller. It is US$1.5348 at lcsc, and USD 4.83 at Digikey. There is some sort of supply chain advantage there…</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Ben</div><div><br class=""></div></body></html>