it's like Christmas meets a game of chicken, see how many components you can get on an order without it being rejected

2/2/2009 12:48:03 AM

This was one of my favorite perks of being incorporated

2/2/2009 4:08:57 AM

i, too, have tested the limits of sample ordering at major component manufacturers.

2/2/2009 7:40:52 PM

no matter how small my order was, they never sent me anything

2/3/2009 7:29:47 AM

links?

2/3/2009 12:14:14 PM

http://sample.microchip.com/

2/3/2009 12:47:23 PM

i got a crap ton of free PICs

2/3/2009 2:21:50 PM

I got some constant-current LED drivers this way.

2/3/2009 3:32:18 PM

microchip.com appears to have started a $7.50 handling fee

sort of pointless to pay a $7.50 handling fee for like 8$ worth of PICs

please let me know if this is not the case though and the fee is waived or something for a sample request

[Edited on February 4, 2009 at 1:11 AM. Reason : doesn't appear to be the case, microchip.com is dead to me now]

2/4/2009 1:00:12 AM