audioguru

I wonder why Digikey and Newark don't sell them???

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kchriste

Probably because there is no real commercial demand for them. More of a hobbyist item I would think.

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audioguru

Since the biggest sellers don't sell the XR2206 then it must be doomed soon.

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mneary

Because Digikey doesn't sell any EXAR components, and Newark only carries 48 EXAR part numbers.

FutureElectronics (US) quotes 349 EXAR part numbers, and shows 10,000+ of the XR2206 DIP in stock.

rjvh

More than sometimes big companies make strategic mistakes or makes changes of the markets they want to penetrate by obselete/add products from/to their list what they sell

this has than nothing to do if the product is old or lousy and can be still obtained from manufactorers and it is not a omen that it will die out soon

Robert-Jan

Mikebits

The companies that I have worked for never used digikey or Newark as a distributor. We would use places like Future, Arrow, and Hamilton Avnet. Digikey and Newark was more regarded as a hobby outlet.

I will have to make a correction. I just looked and it seems Digikey is rated much higher than they use to be as a distributer. #5 for Digikey, Newark #7. #1 is Avnet.

http://www.edn.com/contents/images/E...ist_042407.pdf

kchriste

Interesting list Mike, though both AvNet and Arrow also supply computing solutions which tends to skew the numbers when compared to a company that sells only electronic components and tools. It's a handy list and I've bookmarked it.

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