> it should be this one for the DSP > > http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms320vc33.html
That page _DOES_NOT_ say the chip is 'obsolete', it says 'Product is Not Recommended for New Design'. Go ahead and do a text search on the page, the word obsolete is not on the page. If you read to the bottom of the page you see the >10K of chips in the pipeline, and you see a recent update of distributor stock. > However, I have never bought a rig before that had obsolete parts in it when > I opened the box. (Seems to me that most (all?) of the modern rigs I've bought had a bunch of proprietary chips in them. Who can tell if they're obsolete?) If this really bothers you I can think of two options: 1/buy a YaeComWood, or 2/start your own company and design a competitor to the K3. Competition is a good thing. Mark AD5SS On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Ken_ke2n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > oops - I see I put in the wrong link (although one of the reply-ee's found > it) > > it should be this one for the DSP > > http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms320vc33.html > > the D/A chip that I was referring to is the TI one too ... > also tried to find the the TI D/A chip on Mouser and Digikey and got the > obsolete designation as well. > > I am not surprised that there is a big batch of the TMS chips coming. That's > what they do: announce upcoming obsolescence, get an idea of who wants how > many and then make one final big batch and no more after. > > I doubt anything in this fast moving technology is designed for a long > product life. Its basically cell phone technology that is driving the market > and they try to sell me a cell phone every two years. > > I believe that unless I am unlucky the chips in my K3 will last longer than > I will. > > However, I have never bought a rig before that had obsolete parts in it when > I opened the box. > > But that is the way things are these days... > > Ken _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
