Sampling from MAXIM

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Have you actually received samples from MAXIM?

Yes, got them licketty-split!
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No, they are slow-pokes
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No, and they won't return my emails
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xoxota
 
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Sampling from MAXIM

Post by xoxota »

Quick note to anyone who is thinking of Sampling from MAXIM. Whatever you do, when they ask for application details (they are stingy with their samples), DO NOT tell them you're an unemployed uni dropout living in your mother's basement, who thought it might be fun to cobble together an MP3 player in an Altoids box.

Instead, tell them the truth, that you're the head of the north american research & development division of a multinational swiss electronics conglomerate (say, Nokia, thinking of getting out of the cell-phone biz), ordering parts for a proof of concept "I-Pod killer", and that, if the P.O.C. takes off, you will be ordering a hundred bajillion parts every fiscal quarter until the earth crashes into the sun.

Then, when you don't receive any confirmation email, or shipping notification, and their customer service won't return your emails, and you are about to give up hope, wait another week.

It's like Christmas!

chaostic
 
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Post by chaostic »

Said was student, at Rutgers, designing an mp3 player.

Got the parts within a week or two.

They limit 8 different parts up to 2/3 per part, unless you ask nicely, every 3 months. That reminds me I need to order some more parts.

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Post by Guest »

I got two £50 D/A converters off them by being vague about what I was making.

zardo
 

any other source!

Post by zardo »

I LOVE the MAX2606

but the minimum purchase amount is 2,500 units at $0.90 each.
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Anyone out there know a place which resells the MAX2606 ??

chaostic
 
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Post by chaostic »

No, but you might want to ask Maxim about it.

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