On 3/30/2024 10:49 PM, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote:
Sorry I mistyped. I meant Mouser and Digikey, not Amazon and Digikey.
Whew!
I was playing that Sesame Street "which of these is NOT like the other"
song in my head reading your earlier post.
:-)
Since Digikey/Mouser/RS don't always have some of the more esoteric ICs
I need, I do sometimes have to hit the secondary markets. I can confirm
there are reputable places to do so, but I agree there has to be a
compelling reason to forego places like Digikey.
I find it telling that my non US PCBA buys all the actives from Digikey
or Mouser and will consider only passives from local sources. Of course,
that means I pay a US outbound tariff on the active parts and then an
inbound tariff on the completed products, thus paying tariff costs twice.
Jim
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