Hi - I have bought from cdiweb.com for producing one of my designs... I don't know if the price works for you... better than $6, but not $3.=20 I wouldn't consider ebay sourcing for anything apart from basic=20 connectors, frankly. You could try Verical or the various other=20 company-overstock resellers, however, if you get a high failure rate=20 you'll have a mess on your hands. A MEMS unit is more prone to damage=20 with rework (replacing the bad ones with known functional ones). Also beware that if your contract assembler does ultrasonic cleaning it=20 will destroy the MEMS. All of them, without exception, will be=20 destroyed. (Which is better than just damaged in a hard to detect way.)=20 Lost several panels of 10 doing first-article check until that was=20 discovered. Good luck! J Lee Mulvogue wrote: > G'day all > As many here would likely know, the Invensense MPU-6050 > gyro-and-accelerometer is getting to be a very popular little beastie. > Problem is, it seems to be very hard to find a "reputable" source that > isn't charging insane prices ($6+shipping direct from Invensense, $130 > from Element14!!!). There is a plethora of sources on ebay selling them > for about $3 shipped, but are there any known bad batches or outright > fakes that I have to be wary of? > > Was previously designing for an accelerometer, but for the minimal price > difference I figure it's worthwhile getting the extra gyro data. > > Thanks > Lee > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .