Re: Embedded Systems Conference priced out of reach?

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Mark Borgerson wrote:
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One company that is very good on samples and tech support in general is
analog devices. No quibble, order online, no hassle and the samples are
there in a few days at most. AD have had several design in's here
because the product and business attitude and the quality is always
first class as well. The amount of goodwill generated is considerable
and more manufacturers need to wake up to the idea.


I'll second the opinion on AD.

Unfortunately, the AD goodwill comes with the price tag. But the worst
habit of AD is the sudden increase in the price of the new products
after an 'introductory' period. I have burned with that several times.
You got the part designed in, and after a year of production you find
out that the part is almost twice more expensive then it used to be!

I also find it easy to get parts--
either samples or small quantity purchases from the Linear Tech Web
site. If the web site will sell me 5 pieces at a reasonable
cost plus shipping, I see no need to bug them for free samples.

LT is the expensive company also, and so is Maxim. My current preference
is TI/BB and NS for their good availability and reasonable
price/performance.

I'm in a market where the electronic components are only about 10-20% of
the sales price and specifications and simplicity in the design count
for more than component cost. PRODUCTION volumes are a few hundred
units per year, tops.

I do end up with TI/BB parts for a lot of stuff though---particularly
digital logic. They are well covered by DigiKey.

I've also upgraded my opinion of Maxim in the last year. I'm finding
a better selection on the web site and have even been able to get
small production quantities of some parts. They're not yet up
to the level of AD or Linear, but the web site makes things a lot
better than it was five years ago.


Mark Borgerson

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