Lpc2000

hi all

I am from India and persuing MS Robotics.
the philips sample system in india is pathetic. when i requested for
two LPC2148 they have informed to contact their distributers.
They all replied me that they have a policy of not giving samples to
students.i have asked them to send the samples to my department on my
name to ensure them that i am student.
i am very disappointed with philips sampling system in india.
philips has big R&D centre in bangalore, India and they want to ripe
the fruits of low cost of R&D in India but they dont want to give
samples to students.
Spending 18$ on each chip for a student is too much for student in india.
The sampling system of Freescale is the best i have ever seen i always
get the samle from US in 4 days by FedEx.
great product dont win the hearts of people but public realtion of
companies also matters.

bye
sudhir

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, Sean <embeddedrelated@...> 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 peço. Da Philips eu já recebi um
> >LPC2148,
> > > uma placa de demonstração de uns CI's controladores de LED e vários
> >CDs. Tá
> > > chegando outro LPC2148 que eu nem pedi e vou pedir um LPC2103 esses
> >dias.
> > > Também já recebi várias da AD, Texas e Freescale (nacional e
> >internacional)
> > > e de alguns distribuidores nacionais. Parece que a AD agora não está
> >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/
>