On 3/7/20 10:52 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
Manufacturers live in the real world, and can only buy parts that are manufactured by other companies. When those other companies discontinue a part, alternative sources must be found, and that sometimes isn't easy,
Some years ago when I worked for HP, I designed a (new at that time) TI 320C10 DSP chip into a new HP instrument. There was a rather odd piece of glue logic that I needed to implement the design. I called up TI and they assured me there were no plans to discontinue the part.
You guessed it. Just as we were ready to go into production the part was discontinued. I had to scramble to figure out some other means to perform the function (which meant a PC board turn).
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