On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Alan B. Pearce wrote:

> > I am planing to build a robot at home and I heard that some semiconductor
> > company out there offers "free samples" of their products.  Is that right?
> > Could you tell me which one?  What kind of stuff do they give away?
>
> Maxim do seem to pretty free and easy about giving out samples of all but their
> most expensive devices. Go to their web site and fill in the request, and the
> devices will arrive a week or two later, sometimes a little longer for things
> that are on long order times.

Crystal Semi also is pretty good, I have one of their Ethernet chips they
sampled with zero hassle.  You can request samples from their web site.

Dale
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