At 15.30 2011.11.16, you wrote:
>>> One BIG factor when choosing a chip is whether it can be obtained when
>>> you need it for PRODUCTION. One good clue is if samples can't be obtain=
ed.
>>> How can you use a chip in a product when the chip company can't even su=
pply
>>> samples?
>>>
>>> MICROCHIP is the world LEADER in uP-based chips. In 20 years of interac=
tion,
>>> MC never failed to sell me all the samples and production I could buy.
>>>
>>> I may be old but I'm not stupid. ATMEL is out.and always has been.
>>>
>>>
>>> --Bob Axtell
>> Well said, Bob. This is the reason why I never seriously looked at any M=
axim
>> chips (dunno if things changed now, but they were unserious till some ye=
ars
>> ago at least).
>>
>Not entirely right in Maxim's case.  Samples are usually easy to get. =20
>But production quantities impossible!

Yes I got samples, but I was clearly talking about production, when I reali=
zed
that, I stopped requesting samples. It was totally pointless anyway, as I w=
ould
not have used them.

Got a lot of Microchip and TI samples ;) but I made good use of them in sev=
eral
products (not mass scale production but hey, give me some time and luck :D =
).

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