I am a student that is seeking an electrical engineering degree. one of the biggest problems i have( especially in my town ) is the availabilty of ic's.I have stumbled across something that has helped me out considerably and i wanted to share it. for many ic manufacturers, a couple of chips, for free is free advertising and repeat business. on many of there websites if you are a student you can recieve free samples. no shipping costs just sign up and make a request. www.national.com, www.maxim-ic.com,www.microchip.com, many if not most manufacturers are willing to send samples.
some people may know about this some people may not.I wanted to share this with everyone.

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