----- Original Message ----- From: "James Nick Sears" To: Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [EE:] Driving LEDs from Vbatt from 5v regulated circuit > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Harrison" > To: > Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 2:13 PM > Subject: Re: [PICLIST] [EE:] Driving LEDs from Vbatt from 5v regulated > circuit > > > On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 13:45:58 -0600, you wrote: > > >On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 12:03:34 +0000 > >Mike Harrison wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 21:02:18 +1300, you wrote: > >> > >> >How about an LED driver, eg MAX6951 > >> > > >> >http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX6950-MAX6951.pdf > >> > > >> >2.7V to 5.5V supply range > >> > >> The fact that it's from Maxim would be a good reason not to..... (price, > >> availability) > > > > > >https://shop.maxim-ic.com/ > > >My point exactly - e.g. MAX6951 : $5.50 in 100x, 10 >week leadime.No > thanks. > > Isn't it odd that the company with the most liberal sample policy around > (that I know of anyway) makes it almost impossibly difficult to actually BUY > their parts. I have used a ton of Maxim parts that I obtained for free as > samples but whenever I need to buy something I almost always end up > substituting in other companies' parts. I really feel bad about it as I > appreciate their liberal sample policy and would like to support the company > but it's all but impossible to do so. > > I'm not sure about the parts in question but I know that for some Maxim > parts, TI (apparently attempting to capitalize upon these problems with > Maxim) offers pin-compatible substitutes (i.e. MAX3221). > > Nick > It is also interesting that a company that got started knocking off Intersil (now Harris) parts is now being knocked off by TI.....And TI, which had the all-time record for lousy relations with any customer smaller than GE, has now become exceedingly nice, and Motorola (which used to be great to deal with) now has the trophy and is running with it. Ah, marketing....Ain't it grand? I share the frustrations of buying Maxim parts. They make a lot of really neat stuff, if it was consistently available, I wouldn't even mind paying the price. Ed -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.