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First, when you make millions of a thing, then saving even fractions of a cent add up to a lot of money. Chinese manufacturers favor high volume, low margin pro
by ajnin 6y ago
First, when you make millions of a thing, then saving even fractions of a cent add up to a lot of money. Chinese manufacturers favor high volume, low margin products. Second, Maxim parts are not cheap, in fact they are among the most expensive in the IC industry. A single DS18B20+ goes for 3.47€ on Mouser right now. That's a juicy target for counterfeiters.
- unnouinceput 6y agoI don't know where you are, but in my country I paid the equivalent of 4 cents for DS18B20. I hook it up to my multipurpose Raspberry Pi and I use it to measure my room temperature. I bought 2 of them, for redundancy reasons when lockdown started. The other one is still in original package.