Homebrew PCBs

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Amundson" <ron_amundson@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Maxim samples


>
>  you wind up with more vias.  and there is a &%
> > $# d*mn photo diode on my floor, somewhere.
>
>
> I have a white floor, for the same reason. It was not easy to find, and
the
> flooring sales guys thought I was crazy.
>
> Getting back to Maxim, they have cool parts, great samples, but when you
> only need a hundred parts or so, they are pretty tough to get. Even when I
> needed 50,000 ics, it was still hard to get a decent delivery from them.
If
> only they would handle production as easily as they handle samples.

Same here. They have a very nice dual 3.3/1,8 V regulator chip. I got a
couple of samples and then wanted to buy 20, but they wouldn't have them for
8 weeks and would only sell me a reel of 2,500. They did say eventually that
they could let me have 250 min., but that is still too much for me, even
though I found someone who would take 50 off me.

Leon