Lpc2000

Hi Mauricio

Recently I saw this on a german forum.
A brazilian member wanted to build the
LPC webserver board too. The problem
was the high toll rates when sending items to
brazil. It is a pitty.

Cheers
Michael

>From: Mauricio Scaff <scaffm@...>
>Reply-To: lpc2000@yahoogroups.com
>To: lpc2000@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [lpc2000] Re: Samples from Philips
>Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:27:01 -0200
>
>Here in Brazil, I'm using this simple criteria: If Digikey don't have it
>them it doesn't exists.
>
>How many brazilians do we have in this list ? Is there any survey of
>where we are from ? How many from USA ? India ? Canada ?  Japan ?
>
>Mauricio
>
>
>
>Sean wrote:
> >
> > If anything you'd think that they'd send samples more to consultants and
> > small companies than to the large companies.  Large companies shell out
> > hundreds of thousands on new product development, so saving $50 by
> > getting
> > some free samples isn't a concern.  However to an individual saving
> > $50 may
> > be a big deal.  I know that Maxim sends out samples to anyone who asks
> > next
> > day delivery (ok, that's a little crazy), yet Coilcraft wouldn't send me
> > samples personally, but when I had a colleague at work ask and had it
> > shipped to work, they sent it without hesitation.  In any case Philips
> > sent
> > me the samples I asked for, it took 2 weeks but I got them.
> >
> > -- Sean
> >
> > At 20:07 2/10/2006, you wrote:
> > >Hello Maia,
> > > >
> > > > Eu sempre recebo as amostras que pe\ufffdo. Da Philips eu j\ufffd recebi um
> > >LPC2148,
> > > > uma placa de demonstra\ufffd\ufffdo de uns CI's controladores de LED e v\ufffdrios
> > >CDs. T\ufffd
> > > > chegando outro LPC2148 que eu nem pedi e vou pedir um LPC2103 esses
> > >dias.
> > > > Tamb\ufffdm j\ufffd recebi v\ufffdrias da AD, Texas e Freescale (nacional e
> > >internacional)
> > > > e de alguns distribuidores nacionais. Parece que a AD agora n\ufffdo est\ufffd
> > >pagando
> > > > mais os impostos, mas mesmo assim, vale a pena.
> > >
> > >
> > >Good for you. But it depends whether you work for a large company or
> > >not. Some manufacturers easily send samples to a big corporation but
> > >when you are a consultant they don't. It is foolish marketing but they
> > >do not understand the consequences. I usually drop the design-in if I
> > >cannot buy their parts elsewhere, like at Digikey.
> > >
> > >Regards, Joerg
> > >
> > ><http://www.analogconsultants.com/>http://www.analogconsultants.com/
> >
> >
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