[chbot] microchipdirect ?

[Michael Pearce]

Microchip Direct worked really well for me (When I was in NZ).

Shipping is around US$12 and is usually 3 days.

Far cheaper than Farnell.

Also note soanar plus now stock Microchip parts (limited range)

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Chris Hellyar <chris at trash.co.nz> wrote:

> Thanks for that..
>
> I don't think anyone ever bought something from Farnel because it was
> cheap.  I'm just amazed that they can keep all the obscure stock and
> still be in business!  The Bean counter who sets their (sometimes quite
> high) pricing structure must have nightmares about Z80 processors and
> left handed cucumber screwdrivers.
>
>
> On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 07:51 +1300, Andrew McDougall wrote:
> > Yup used them a lot for prototyping runs.
> > They ship direct from thailand so you get the samples in a couple of
> > days.
> > They also (compared with farnell etc) are reasonably priced
>
>
>
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