Where to get blank PIC chips on the UK?

Does anyone have any sources of PIC chips suitable for WiiFree in the UK?

The best I can find is Maplins at £1.50 each, or Ebay (From abroad).. There must be a better source than this!

Jon

i ordered a bunch of them off a place called "Samplechips.com" or something like that for nothing but the catch is you gotta have a business email or something liek that to get them and your only allowed 8 chips for free per 40 days i think.. i just created a couple of accounts and ordered mainly PIC 12f629s but i think i got a couple of 12f675's aswell


http://sample.microchip.com/Default....stCookies=true

theres the website

You could try picking them up at Maplin. http://maplin.co.uk

Originally Posted by evlspcmk

i ordered a bunch of them off a place called "Samplechips.com" or something like that for nothing but the catch is you gotta have a business email or something liek that to get them and your only allowed 8 chips for free per 40 days i think.. i just created a couple of accounts and ordered mainly PIC 12f629s but i think i got a couple of 12f675's aswell


http://sample.microchip.com/Default....stCookies=true

theres the website

Cheers for that.. I work for a world leading Communications Manufacturer, so business email address's are not a problem for me....

I have taken a look and am still confused as to why they would just give 'samples' as its seems too good to be true..

Why 'package' do I need?? You get the option of

- QFN
- DFN
- PDIP
- SOIC

They are all 8 pin type, so I don't understand what the difference is!

Did you order some of each, or can you just order 8 of one type?

Jon


Jon

Doh.. Worked it out.. I have been in the electronics industry for 20+ years and I didn't even know this!

I need PDIP!!!!

Jon

http://rswww.com/

5 chips minimum about 80p each, or less if you are buying more.

http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search2/browse.jsp?N=500015+1000053&Ntk=gensearch_001|gens earch_001&Ntt=pic|12f629&Ntx=&_requestid=25976

12F629 I/P - http://www.crownhill.co.uk/product.php?prod=650