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Did you order them from china/vietnam/singapore? Just asking
I'm sorry, but they are 2.01$ at Digikey, 1.67$ from TI, 1.65$ at Arrow, $1.29 at Avenet for 1 new authentic one. Cost less if you purchase multiple ICs.
Quote from: rstofer on May 20, 2018, 08:06:19 pmThe MAX3232 is about $7 at DigiKey and something for shipping.That's insane. I won't buy a Chinese fake, but I won't buy the ridiculously expensive original as well.I will buy a clone from a bigger brand, such as Sipex/Exar or TI.
The MAX3232 is about $7 at DigiKey and something for shipping.
I have bought everything from high speed ADCs to FPGAs to RF synthesizers to RF power LDMOS transistors from aliexpress/taobao over the years and either never got a fake or just got really good fakes; everything I could measure are always within spec and parts never fail long term.
If the fake works what is the difference; I mean literally what makes it different physically? Do they not test the chips and sell all they make vs TI will test and throw away a %?
Do the fake makers steal the picture of the chip and feed it into a silicon die making machine?
If the fake works what is the difference
Quote from: Beamin on June 14, 2018, 06:02:59 pmIf the fake works what is the differenceBut they don't. They work for a short time and then go deaf and overheat.
If the fake works what is the difference;
This is from some other thread long ago but very interesting:http://www.asq.org/asd/2009/03/compliance/counterfeit-parts.pdfWill intel or AMD hand wash your chips in pure river water and hand dry them in the sunshine for you? Or deliver by hand (bicycle) in humidity controlled rice sacks where the humidity is controlled by god(great weather of Shenzhen)? I don't think so. That's why I buy Chinese chips they are all natural, organic, baked in the sunshine, not an oven by humans not machines.I think JDOE does an excellent job as operator to pack them too!
You lot are so grumpy! This isn't for a commercial product it's for home tinkering. And for home tinkering the China sourced eBay stuff is definitely the cheapest way to go especially if you accept there is a certain failure/fake rate.
Quote from: Beamin on June 14, 2018, 06:45:13 pmThis is from some other thread long ago but very interesting:http://www.asq.org/asd/2009/03/compliance/counterfeit-parts.pdfWill intel or AMD hand wash your chips in pure river water and hand dry them in the sunshine for you? Or deliver by hand (bicycle) in humidity controlled rice sacks where the humidity is controlled by god(great weather of Shenzhen)? I don't think so. That's why I buy Chinese chips they are all natural, organic, baked in the sunshine, not an oven by humans not machines.I think JDOE does an excellent job as operator to pack them too!You forgot to mention that these chips are only harvested under full moons, and/or when Sagittarius is aligned with Jupiter.
The last chip one of my hobby projects was focussed around was fake.I had an original as well, and as soon as it went in the same socket all was well.The messing about wasn’t worth it for sure.It wasn’t any kind of real chip at all, but at least not shorted legs.The encapsulation contained a piece of sheet metal that just wasn’tconnected to any of the IC legs thankfully.