Lpc2000

Leon Heller, G1HSM
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Niemi" <ryan@...>
To: <lpc2000@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 11:14 AM
Subject: [lpc2000] Can't find low volume sources for many LPC parts


> Hello,
>
> I've noticed lately that it's getting difficult to obtain any of the
> larger flash / RAM size LPC21xx parts.  I was just about to order up
> parts to prototype some motion control boards based on LPC2148's, only
> to find no stock at Digikey, and several month lead-times.  Same for
> LPC2146, LPC2138, and LPC2136 in the TQFP packages.  I saw a post a
> few days ago from someone else having trouble obtaining LPC2148's
> lately, but didn't see any replies.  Did Philips production yields on
> the larger RAM / flash size components take a noze dive or is
> something else afoot?
>
> Does anyone know a source for *any* of these parts
> (2136,2138,2146,2148) in low quantity?  I see Avnet has LPC2136's but
> minimum order quantity is 160.  Argh!  FreeTradeZone / PartMiner won't
> even return any results on any part # starting with LPC.

FindChips comes up with some suppliers if LPC2 is typed in, but not many of 
them are in stock. You might be able to get some samples out of Avnet.

Leon