On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 07:14:25PM +1300, Jinx wrote:
> > Multiply by 4096 and you have a major problem.
> > 
> > The only cheap ones I've found are 1N4148's and the like, at
> > 8cents or less each
> 
> You're probably shopping in the wrong place - I'm not familiar
> with Digikey's pricing but suspect they wouldn't be close to a
> proper wholesaler. For comparison, if I bought 1N4148 from
> Radiospares, I'd be paying NZ$0.12 / 1000. I always buy in
> bulk when I can from a trade outlet, eg Active Components /
> Arrow / Hagemeyer etc. The last 1N4148s I got were, I think,
> NZ$0.009 / 2000. I know it was near to a cent anyway. Although
> only 1000-ish were required for the job in hand, for the extra
> 10 bucks I need never worry about running short of 1N4148s

Ahh, well I should clarify that the 8 cents was for 10 of them,
discounts after that are pretty steep, not quite 1 cent each, but pretty
close. Full rolls of 5000 were for less than 1 cent each.

I'm sure in quantities of 10 the main cost is the poor sod who had to
cut them...


Of course many of the diodes I found are just plain expensive. 0.80 for
10, and the best discounts were on the order of 0.30 each or seomthing.
Very annoying to have to wade through.

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