Re: Cheap Microcontrollers

In article <46bc2402$1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Granville <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Chris Hills wrote:
In article <46bb6fab$1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Granville <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

Chris Hills wrote:

In article <xnd4xwvmb1.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxx>, DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes


Chris Hills <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Don't be silly... on 50-100K quantities he needs a proper disci. Not a
catalogue disti



Well, duh. I don't have access to large quantity channels, so I can
only point to digikey as a reference, and showing the digikey bulk
cost at least shows that it's far cheaper than other chips, close to
his price range, and something to investigate.

The Digi price gives no indication on pricing on 50-100K from a "proper" disti.


That's a strange claim - "no indication" ? - so you are saying it could be MORE than the digikey price ?!?

What about the Chip Manufacturer press releases - are they also
'no indication of pricing' ?

Freescale's press release says this :
"Suggested resale pricing for 10,000-piece quantities starts at 43 cents (USD)."

( for this family DigiKey mentions 43.2c/2500 )

Microchip's press release mentions "49c/10K PIC10F200"

Digikey might take issue with "proper" disti comment :)

So, with the right care, you can see Digikey's price actually shows
a very good correlation with the Chip Vendors press release claims.
So Digi is the Recommended Retail Price. This is not the same thing as the price from a disti.

I presume you meant resale, not retail ?
No one has mentioned retail, and 2500pcs is not a retail column.

So, if Freescale say Resale price is 43c/10k, and Digikey have 43.2c/2.5k, what price DO you expect from your disti
(who is, guess what.... a reseller!) ?


No idea. Depends on what I can haggle. In many cases you get free tools :-)

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