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You are absolutely right David, good point!

Now that I think about it... I should have said something like that as I
work very closely with the local distributor and with the regional Atmel
engineer. I have on rare occasion ordered from Digikey but mostly use the
local distributor which is All-American who have been excellent.

Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Kelly" <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To: <AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] cheap chips


> On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 02:41:09PM -0800, James Hatley wrote:
> >
> > After pinning down what you need you can go to www.digikey.com (or
> > www.findchips.com ) and see what the prices are.
>
> And remember if in any sort of commercial production your local Atmel
> distributors are your best bet for pricing and support. Digi-Key is
> great for quickie pricing and selection as in moments you have a real
> quote and real inventory status, therefore knowing you can get those
> parts at that price in short time. Your local distributor should beat
> those prices.
>
> Some Digi-Key (and Mouser) prices are very close to what local
> distributors can do. Sometimes 2 to 4 times over what local distributors
> can do.
>
> -- 
> David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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