Hi Tony,
> > Well, I be talkin about U811 the main DAC which feeds the voice
> > board. The MP7614C-4 was mad by EXAR and is obsolete per their web
> > site, and the HS3140C-4 was made by SIPEX and is also obsolete.
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xpantastic@..., "Tony Cappellini" >wrote:
> I googled for this part, and many hits were found on websites that
> specialize in getting rare parts.
> They want orders of $100 or more.
?
What was the cost per part?
I have a problem every once in a while (well, more and more lately)?when a part for a current product goes obsolete. What is not so clear on a web search is a lot?of these "rare part" companies are working from the same stock of parts. They trade and post each other's part lists. So although you may get dozens or even hundreds of hits there are usually only a few parts out there. Last year I went looking for a very recently obsoleted part. When it was all said and done. The parts I was looking for were in Italy, there were only 25 of them, and I would have had to Pay $85.00 USA a piece + shipping. All for a part that a few months ago I was only paying $7.00 for. It was cheaper at that point to redesign.
Most of the generic logic chips in the Xpander/M12 are still
available, however many companys are discontinuing many of their
through hole parts due to:?
1) Surface Mount Parts are becoming the rule of the day
2) ROHS (lead free) export rules.
> I wish there was a cross reference online that would tell you >which
> commercial devices also used these components
> It would be much easier looking for an appliance than a chip.
Tony, you may already know this but
has a nice list of analog synthesizers and what CEM parts are used. It's not everything but it's a start
Best Regards
Karl
