Electronic samples ?

Started by boguslaw · 23 March 2013 · 5 posts · last reply 25 March 2013

1. boguslaw

   #1 · 23 Mar 2013

   Hello
   
   I'd like to ask everybody who can help : is that still possible to get small quantities (like 1-2 item) of electronic samples from electronic corporations ?
   
   (Funny thing that I had no necessity to ask them for samples when I managed my small firm because I had no free time to think about it , but now my business is gone and I found that with my commercial email address I also lost such possibility )
   
   I tried to contact Micrel for mosfet driver sample but they even do not have my country on their list. Looks like I'm living in place more forgotten then Antiqua and Barbuda...

2. arKzeRo

   #2 · 23 Mar 2013

   Hi yeh here are a few.....
   
   Microchip - Microcontrollers and other ICs (Very student friendly)
   Microchip - Samples Web Site
   
   National Semiconductor - Many types of analog and digital ICs
   Answers/FAQs
   
   Analog Devices - Many types of analog and digital ICs
   Sampling with Analog Devices | Analog Devices
   
   Texas Instruments - Lots of stuff
   Analog, Embedded Processing, Semiconductor Company, Texas Instruments - TI.com
   
   Freescale - Many Discrete and ICs
   Order Samples
   
   and here is an excellent list of manufacturers willing to give away just about every component out there! Free Electronic Samples
   
   some of the companies like to give to professionals and some prefer students, some have questionnaires on intended usage and possible market!
   ha ha hit them all and post pictures of your free goodies
   
   hope that helps! - Jay

3. jonabel1971

   #3 · 24 Mar 2013

   Here's a little tip. If you do ask companies for samples - just don't call them "samples".
   
   Call them "demonstration components" or a "demonstration amount of components".
   
   Using the word "demonstration" - instead of "sample" allowed me to retain materials from 10 companies for my Stan Meyer replication.
   
   Good Luck.
   
   

   boguslaw wrote:

   Hello
   
   I'd like to ask everybody who can help : is that still possible to get small quantities (like 1-2 item) of electronic samples from electronic corporations ?
   
   (Funny thing that I had no necessity to ask them for samples when I managed my small firm because I had no free time to think about it , but now my business is gone and I found that with my commercial email address I also lost such possibility )
   
   I tried to contact Micrel for mosfet driver sample but they even do not have my country on their list. Looks like I'm living in place more forgotten then Antiqua and Barbuda...

4. boguslaw

   #4 · 24 Mar 2013

   Thank you very much I realized that Microchip has the same mosfet driver I'm looking for TC4452 model.
   
   
   BTW. Do you know maybe how to differentiate between normal and low ESR version of ceramic capacitors ? Very good quality ceramic low ESR capacitor + MKP type polypropylene (high current impulse) decoupling is essential for mosfet drivers.

5. jonabel1971

   #5 · 25 Mar 2013

   Sorry, I haven't looked into it.
   
   

   boguslaw wrote:

   Thank you very much I realized that Microchip has the same mosfet driver I'm looking for TC4452 model.
   
   
   BTW. Do you know maybe how to differentiate between normal and low ESR version of ceramic capacitors ? Very good quality ceramic low ESR capacitor + MKP type polypropylene (high current impulse) decoupling is essential for mosfet drivers.