On Sat, 2011-06-25 at 22:01 -0400, V G wrote:
> That reminds me. I do like these devices, as well as many others made by
> Maxim IC.
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> I do remember, though, from a while ago that many on this list have a str=
ong
> dislike for Maxim.
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> Just out of curiosity, why is that?

Maxim has a WIDE variety of great, interesting and different parts. They
are awesome for samples.

They are not awesome when you need anything more then samples and
anything less then massive numbers.

Massive lead times (that get bigger every day), tons of unresponded to
messages.=20

Because their parts are often quite unique it's almost impossible to
second source many of their newer parts (their more popular older parts
often get second sourced by other manus quite quickly), this is an
automatic "no way" for many companies.

As a student/hobbyist Maxim is great, I'd highly recommend them.
Otherwise, I often think twice and end up going with another manu.

Haven't used a Maxim part in a few years now.

TTYL

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