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Or you know, maybe we can decide that we don't need every appliance and lightbulb in our house to have network access. Or that we can drop the price on many bas
by ineedasername 6y ago
Or you know, maybe we can decide that we don't need every appliance and lightbulb in our house to have network access. Or that we can drop the price on many base-model cars by $1000 by removing the infotainment unit.
- ericwood 6y ago"Chip shortage" means a lot more than just microcontrollers. The ripple effects of it have affected all sorts of analog semiconductors and integrated circuits. I only do small quantities of electronics but I've seen the lead times on bog standard parts like relay controllers and op amps shoot up and stocks are starting to dwindle.
- bpye 5y agoTI are in an especially bad spot and they make lots of things from microcontrollers to battery chargers to power converters. Their parts are pretty common but many of them are currently unobtainable from standard distributors.