Exhibit A:
Newark has hard to find ATmega32U2’s in stock?! Yippee!
<click!>
Hey, wait a minute…
Bad Newark!
And no, they didn’t “just sell the last one.”
Exhibit A:
Newark has hard to find ATmega32U2’s in stock?! Yippee!
<click!>
Hey, wait a minute…
Bad Newark!
And no, they didn’t “just sell the last one.”
Ugh, yeah. Good luck finding those! Octopart says that Farnell has 8u2s in stock, but no 16u2 or 32u2 anywhere.
Months ago, I put in orders for 32u4s with all the major parts houses (8 or 9 of ’em). I just got 25 32u4s back from digikey a few weeks ago.
It’s enough to make a person want to go PIC.
I have plenty of 8u2’s, but I think the PS3 crowd has eaten up all the 32u2’s and it will be months before the factory can make new ones. Digikey is showing January.
I am still waiting on some TQFP’s I ordered mid-summer. It is completely depressing how hard it is to find parts these days.
Anything with “atmega” and “in stock” should be treated with suspicion.
Unfortunately, my experience ordering AVR’s over the past year makes me feel the same way. 🙁