Not being a hardware guy I may be a bit confused, but my vague
memory from the 1980s, is that manufacturers of that era would
not use a part that didn't have a second source. This and other
posts indicate that this policy no longer exists. Too bad. It
might help with all kinds of supply problems.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 3/7/20 at 3:15 PM, [email protected] (Alan) wrote:
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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Bill Frantz | Concurrency is hard. 12 | Periwinkle
(408)348-7900 | out 10 programmers get it | 150 Rivermead
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www.pwpconsult.com | wrong. - Jeff Frantz | Peterborough,
NH 03458
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