02-01-2012, 01:01 PM
Tony,
Indeed so. Much product is made in relatively small batches and then essentially forgotten about. In that case buying 1,00 or so of the same type and building them into the design is no problem.
I've had the same problems in the past with other chips, and even transistors and FETs. At my last Company only a Motorola FET would work in a particular position in one (long lived) product, and the Manufacturing infro said so. As I said, for smallish batches, or short life products, they're fine, but I'd advise against building them intro anything that you might have to repair or service in 10 or more year's time.
Alan
Indeed so. Much product is made in relatively small batches and then essentially forgotten about. In that case buying 1,00 or so of the same type and building them into the design is no problem.
I've had the same problems in the past with other chips, and even transistors and FETs. At my last Company only a Motorola FET would work in a particular position in one (long lived) product, and the Manufacturing infro said so. As I said, for smallish batches, or short life products, they're fine, but I'd advise against building them intro anything that you might have to repair or service in 10 or more year's time.
Alan
