Ever since I found out that TI offers samples, I haven't bought a 7805
or a logic chip :) Though the 6-orders-in-6-months sneaks up on you
pretty fast.

Allegro and Analog Devices also offer samples, though non-USians
beware, Analog ships UPS, so you get stung for brokerage fees. (I had
to pay $40CAD to bring 2 chips across the border). National
Semiconductor's pretty good too, though they've started charging
shipping if your email address is from certain domains (like, say, my
school)

Beware ordering too many, though - you'll start to expect really cheap
shipping, and become rather disillusioned when you have to buy the
parts just like all the other mortals.

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:17:42 -0500, llile@saltonusa.com
<llile@saltonusa.com> wrote:
>
> If you are a fast talker you can get free samples of anything but popcorn
> parts (resistors, and so on)
>
> MAXIM is a really famous source of free parts - I haven't paid for a
> MAX232 in many years.  http://www.maxim-ic.com/   With their acquisition
> of Dallas Semi, they win my award for the wierdest product line in the
> industry.  Also some really really useful  dedicated ICs, such as special
> purpose NiMH battery charger ICs.
>
> Most copanies will give samples off their website.  Most of them are
> trying to give samples to designers who design them in.  You can approach
> this two ways - honestly tell them you are a starving student and one day
> will be a top EE designer giving them millions of dollars of business, or
> you can lie and say you are Lindy's Technical Services, designing a custom
> part for an unnamed client who will buy about 5000 of these.  When the guy
> calls back in 6 months you can say the project was dropped.
>
> -- Lawrence Lile
> Senior Project Engineer
> Toastmaster, Inc.
> Division of Salton, Inc.
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> 573-446-5676 fax
>
> Lindy Mayfield <Lindy.Mayfield@EUR.SAS.COM>
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>
> Just curious, as I have heard many times here mentioned getting samples of
> chips.  How is this done, and for whom?  I mean, could I as a hobbyist get
> or ask for a chip and they would just send me one? (I cannot imagine that
> happening unless I died and went to New Haven.)
>
> Ciao!Lindy
>
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