Recently, Somebody Somewhere wrote these words
>
> This question arose because in my particular niche, speed is
> everything.
>
>
> Speed of response to your customer or speed of the switching
> circuit? I fail to see the relevance to either in this discussion.
Speed of response to the customer. It isn't a technical issue, but
technical issues aren't the only consideration. Speed of response is
also. In small outfits, only one machine of each type may be running. I
fixed a drive which had been vandalised (Somebody kicked it repeatedly!)
yesterday. They were ringing around getting prices for bringing
production to competitors to have them finish it, and would be doing it
today, except they are going again.
>
> I found myself trying to find a logic level fet in the stock of a
> supplier who didn't discriminate between logic level fets, and less
> sensitive ones, and wondered if could the gfs be extrapolated into a
> reckoning of the saturation voltage. That's worth knowing if I could
> do it.
>
>
> I sense you have mis-characterized the problem. Are you dealing
> with a former tube (valve) distributor that now sells a universal
> semiconductor line? Without naming names, these lines purport to
> substitute for many of the OEM lines. They give only vague, mostly
> useless specifications. If so would suggest you switch to an OEM
> distributor but you probably knew that. These guys are ones you
> 'know fairly well on a personal basis'. How is the coffee or tea
> at their place? Sounds like a social issue, not a technical issue.
> Fred Townsend
No, I'm not dealing with such a company. I'm dealing with a company who
sold semis for years, tried dabbling in valves, and stopped afaict. BTW,
they don't serve coffee.
Ireland is a small place. Dealers are numerous, but dealers with stock
are rare. If I had the same work coming, I'd stock myself. But I get
boards designed in Germany, Italy, Japan and the Far East, Sweden,
England and other places (Those are the main sources). It's not
practical to stock, or find the same part numbers and wait for them to
arrive.
The 'guys I know fairly well' reccomend me to their clientele as a
problem solver and that's worth a bit in a small fishbowl of an economy.
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With best Regards,
Declan Moriarty.
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