On the topic of "certain values of anywhere" - beware counterfeit parts. I recently got burned by a batch of counterfeit International Rectifier power FETs.Thank God, they were so bad that they failed during burn-in. Telltale sign was that the markings were done in silk-screen and not laser marking. Sean On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Bob Blick wrote: > > On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 00:37:12 +1300, "RussellMc" said: >> >> BAV99. >> =A0^^^^^ >> > Yeah, tell me about it! Paying through the nose right now for that par= t >> > number. >> >> Digikey says 4.1 cents on 3000 quantity dropping to just over 2 cents >> near >> 100k with 81000 in stock *** in SC70 pkg ***. > > I forget what package it was(and it was over a month ago that I was > asked about a substitute), but there was literally no stock anywhere* > > Bob > > *for certain values of "anywhere" and "right now" > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: > =A0http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .