68300

Hello everybody

I have been waiting now for a few days to see if anybody else in the group
has received PCN 7622 ( dated 30 May ) which details the last time buy of
the above, in particular the MC68CK331CPV16 which we have just designed
in!!!
This is because of the closure of the manufacturing plant used to produce
these parts.

We checked extensively with Motorola before using this part and now feel
*very* exposed.

I am told that, because of customer complaints received since it was issued,
that this PCN will be revoked and these parts moved to another plant but now
need some convincing that this is more than a temporary respite.

Has anybody else seen this PCN ( I can email it to you apparently if you are
interested ) or obtained any response from Motorola regarding it. I am very
interested in sharing any information.
-
Robert Manktelow
Telspec Europe Ltd, Rochester, ME1 3QU
Phone +44 (0)1634 687 133 extension 2346

On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 05:29:24PM +0100, Robert Manktelow wrote:

> I am told that, because of customer complaints received since it was
> issued, that this PCN will be revoked and these parts moved to another
> plant but now need some convincing that this is more than a temporary
> respite.

and does this have any bearing over any of the other 68331 parts?  I
just noticed in PCN7624
(http://e-www.motorola.com/collateral/PCN7624.htm) that a bunch of
8-bitters are being discontinued...  what's next?

I notice only the MC68331CFC16 and 20 are listed on the 68331 page now.
strange.

> Has anybody else seen this PCN ( I can email it to you apparently if
> you are interested ) or obtained any response from Motorola regarding
> it. I am very interested in sharing any information.

the PCN is also available online:
http://e-www.motorola.com/collateral/PCN7622.htm

any reason you couldn't go to -CPV20 or 25?

or maybe motorola will outsource their manufacturing to yahoofabs.com.
(yes, I'm still a little upset about the list changeover...)

-- 
  Aaron J. Grier  |   Frye Electronics, Tigard, OR   |  aaron@...

Robert,

I am extremely grateful that you provided this information in your e-mail.
This is the first time I've been made aware of this product discontinuance.
If you'll recall, I sent an e-mail to the group addressed to you
specifically discussing the MC68CK331CFC16 on April 22, 2002, back in the
days when the group was not on yahoo.  I am extremely disappointed in
Motorola's handling of this matter.  You'll see why I'm so disappointed if
you read the following e-mail received from Motorola April 17, 2002.  It
gives no indication that one month later the part would appear on a
discontinuation notice.  The wording of the request was made very specific
because answers to previous requests were so poor.

MOTOROLA:  You need to get your stories straight.  I need to hear from
someone in authority whether or not this part is available.

Brian Geery
blgeery@...

From: Lyman Maureen-rtdv70 [mailto:maureen.lyman@...]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 7:27 AM
To: 'rlhubka@...'
Subject: Motorola Digital DNA Help, Service Request # 1-29672106 Reply


Dear Ryland:

In reply to your Service Request SR 1-29672106 (see details below):

Thank you for your interest in Motorola. The MC68CK331CFC16 is a current and
active product for Motorola. The voltage is 2.7 to 3.6 volts and only comes
in a 16MHz version, and yes it is a 132pin PQFP package. It looks like we
may have some inventory in one of our locations in Europe, this is something
you need to have your Distributor check on we do not get involved in any
pricing or delivery of our products this is the Technical line. I hope this
information helps you out, if you have any further question please do not
hesiate to contact us again.
Regards,
Maureen

------- Details of your request: -------

Date Opened :	4/17/02 5:30:04 AM
Product :		MC68CK331CFC16
Cust Part Nbr:	
Category:		Technical Request
Topic :		Technical Request

Subject:        Microcontroller

Description :	
I need to know if the following part is still available (distributors are
out of stock, and quoting indeterminate lead times), and if so, what the
lead time from Motorola would be:

Part number: MC68CK331CFC16

Please note, I am not interested in the generic 68000 series, only this
particular part, in this particular package.  It is a 3.3V part, in a 132
lead PQFP.  An existing design of ours utilized this part when it first came
out about 2 years ago, and we would like to reuse the design for a followup
product.  

If the part is still available, I would also like to know approximate
Motorola lead times, assuming all distributors are out of stock, so that we
know how fast we can get prototypes up and going.

Thanks!

------- End of request details -------

At 2002-06-19 17:29 +0100, Robert Manktelow wrote:
>Hello everybody
>
>I have been waiting now for a few days to see if anybody else in the group
>has received PCN 7622 ( dated 30 May ) which details the last time buy of
>the above, in particular the MC68CK331CPV16 which we have just designed
>in!!!
>This is because of the closure of the manufacturing plant used to produce
>these parts.

There are still a lot of them available on the second-hand
market. See:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ganswijk/chipdir/js/reqchip.htm


Greetings,
Jaap

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