On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 21:22:14 -0400, D. Jay Newman wrote:
> > Well, as far as I can tell, that FTDI chip is only
> > available for surface mount.  Then on top of that, to
> > order it typically requires a minimum order, and then
> > shipping costs and duty (I'm in Canada).
>
> You can get them from Dontronics (http://www.dontronics.com/) and
> they don't have a minimum.

DLP Design also makes and sells several different models (some with
PICs on-board even!):

http://dlpdesign.com/

Matt Pobursky
Maximum Performance Systems

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