I have found DigiKey to carry the DS18B20 with reliable stock. They  
offer the same price per unit on qty=50 that DalSemi wants for  
qty=100. I just looked and  DigiKey has 5900+ on hand ...

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On Jan 16, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Timothy Weber wrote:

> Bob Axtell wrote:
>> Anybody using a 1-wire thermometer? Results OK?
>
> Yup, I agree with everything Mike said.  I've used about 1600 of  
> them so
> far and no failures found.
>
> I have a favorite way to put them on the end of a cable, if that's
> relevant to your application.  That's the main reason I use them -  
> if I
> were putting them on on a PCB I'd use some other sensor that isn't
> single-source, but the TO-92 package makes it easier.
>
>> Does anybody make except Maxim?
>
> No.
>
> But I haven't had any problems getting them in hundreds; so far there
> has been 1-2 month lead time, but they've delivered on time.  So far.



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