>>What's the price of the DS1820 ?  I looked in the digikey catalog and
>>they didn't seem to carry it.

>Future Electronics has come out with a mail order company called Future
>Active.
>1-800-655-0006.  Their price on the DS1820 is sky high.  1-9 pieces
>$19.00 each, 10-49 pieces $10.86 each.  I am using a similar Dallas Temp
>chip in an upcoming design.  It is actually a digital
>thermometer and I2C ROM in one package.  I was quoted a volume price of
>$5 a chip.

I got 10 DS1620 (the one-wire bus version of the temp sensor) for
$5 each direct from Dallas.

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