Homebrew PCBs

Hello,

This's true in most industries. The companies that offer the most 
for "free", usually have the highest "minimums", or highest priced 
items...

Ballendo


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Leon Heller" 
<leon_heller@h...> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Amundson" <ron_amundson@h...>
> 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