Products > Test Equipment
I noticed nvram replacements for the TDS784D on ebay
ArcticGeek:
I purchased this part from the seller on Ebay in the middle of September this year. The DS1384 is definitely obsolete, but the datasheet is still available on the Maxim website. I don't know when the DS1384 became obsolete, but the DS1486 went obsolete somewhere around 2009, so I'm guessing it was around that time.
Even though the DS1384 is obsolete, the part does not have an internal battery so there isn't a shelf life associated with it like the DS1486.
radioguy123:
Yeah I see a seller on ebay with some of those ds1384's. He's wanting like $17 for those.
Something tells me there is not a very large supply of those.
Still he's being a little bit disingenuous telling us that their not obsolete.
james_s:
I don't understand what you mean, his devices that he's selling are not obsolete, i.e. they're still available newly built from him. He's not selling the bare Dallas RTC chips and claiming those are still manufactured and he's not selling obsolete devices with built in non-replaceable batteries. His product looks 100% legit to me. True he won't be able to build them forever but that's the case for anything.
Alfons:
I do not understand what's going on here. If the things he sells work, where is the problem?
radioguy123:
Well I was told above by articgeek that the DS1384 that he uses to make these knockoff's are obsolete. So he will run out and not be able to make more.
Also he says that the devices that he uses to make these from are not obsolete in his ebay ad. Unless he has found another chip other than the DS1384. that is a lie.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version