Hi Neil,

Have you tried Alpha Omega? Last year I was recommended by
someone(sorry, bad memory for names). Since then Ive designed in three
of their parts and no complaints. Search for numbers like AOZ1050.

Best regards, Bob

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013, at 06:09 PM, Neil wrote:
> So it seems that you're saying they are now, what I knew them to be in =20
> the past.  Bummer.
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> I am looking through some parts currently, and they have some much =20
> smaller-footprint and lower-part-count buck devices now.  But price is =20
> still very high.  I'm currently downloading/installing their LTSPICE =20
> tool, so I'll see how that goes.
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> But what about other companies?  I remember Semtech had some really =20
> small devices some years back, but things didn't exactly work as =20
> advertised, and their support was really poor.  I'm finding several =20
> other companies' products on Digikey, so hoping to find some opinions =20
> on those.
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> Cheers,
> -Neil.

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