Re: I think I'm in love...

Are 6012s really that hard to get? I've been buying am6012s from this company
for a couple years, $1.50 each. Only catch is you have to have a tax ID number
as they are a wholesaler and they don't charge sales tax. I ordered a few a
couple weeks ago and they were still in stock, don't know how many they have
though... Nice guys to deal with too.

http://www.ceitron.com/semi/semi.phtml?part=am6012

Clay Cowgill wrote:

> ...with a website!
>
> If you need to find a datasheet for a part, check out:
>
> www.freetradezone.com
>
> You need to register to use it, which means the Partminer people get your
> contact info, but you can at least opt-out from their e-mail list.
>
> The cool thing is that they seem to have the extire CAPSExpert database
> online and searchable. CAPSExpert was/is(?) this huge pay service for
> finding data and crosses on electronic components. We had it at work (this
> horrible DOS thing with like 75 CD's worth of database!), but I never got
> around to using it.
>
> HOWEVER...
>
> Having it on a website is VERY cool!
>
> For example I just signed up and grabbed datasheets (in PDF form) for:
> 82S09, MB3730, TMS29F816, MC3245, BU409D, BU207, HA11244, MR1-1600, etc...
>
> A couple very nice things:
>
> 1) "Family Docs"- often it knows parts in the same family, so my search on
> the 82S09 yielded a nice list of all the Signetics bipolar PROMs, Bipolar
> SRAMs, etc.
>
> 2) "Status"- for everything it finds it shows
> "Active|Discontinued|Historical" status. So if you type in "AM6012", you'll
> see that Philips has discontinued it, ST Microelectroncs has discontinued
> it, AMD has a couple active parts still, and Maxim has some active parts
> still.
>
> It also lists app-notes, etc. It's hard to tell how up-to-date the
> information is for crosses (for example, I'd be surprised if AMD was still
> making and AM6012's-- but if you ordered a millions supposedly it's still
> "active" if you can get their attention to build 'em).
>
> You can do wild-card searches, parametric selection, partial numbers, etc.
> It works for transistors and diodes too (like that MR1-1600 HV diode for
> GO-5's!).
>
> So what's the catch, I hear you ask? Aside from the contact info you have
> to provide (which I suppose need not be entirely accurate ;-)...
>
> During the week it's the SLOWEST WEBPAGE I'VE EVER USED!!! However, here on
> Saturday, it's totally peppy. :-) Friday though, it was completely unusable
> for me (I'm on a cable modem too).
>
> Have fun!
>
> -Clay
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