Re: [PIC] Looking for low-cost alternative to PIC10F322

Dwayne Reid <[email protected]>
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Hi there, Denny.

I spoke most imprecisely!  Me Bad!

My project is going into limited production.  Low 
quantities for now but I expect hundreds at some point.

I did not mean to say that I thought the PIC was going into limited production!

dwayne


At 02:56 PM 4/21/2025, Denny Esterline wrote:
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64Perhaps I'm missing something.
>What evidence have you seen that suggests that part is going "Limited
>Production"?"
>
>Digikey (US) has ~9500 of the PIC10F322T-I/OT in stock and is selling
>at $0.58 (US) at qty over 100.
>Currency converter suggests that about $0.80 canadian.
>
>The microchip web site lists several of the sot23 versions as stock in
>the 1k+ range at similar pricing, lists the status as "In Production"
>and I do not see a note about end of life, NRND or anything such.
>
>-Denny
>
>
>
>On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM Dwayne Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Good day to all.
> >
> > I've done a project using the PIC10F322 which is now going to limited
> > production.  The problem is that PIC is now more expensive than I
>ÛÝ[@ke.  Mouser has them for Can $1.08 in hundreds.  Digikey will
>Ù[YHH[™Y[و̛܈Ø[ˆ     KŒXXڂ‚€> This project 
>is brain-dead simple.  I currently need only three I/O
> > lines but I do require persistent storage.  Although the PIC10F32x
> > family doesn't have EEPROM, it does have some high-endurance
> > flash.  I need only a single byte for this project.  I am using the
>ÓÕLŒËMˆ@ckage.
> >
> > Any suggestions‚ˆHÛÝ[™Y™\ˆÈÝ^HÚ@th 
> Microchip just because the tools are so
> > familiar to me.  But I am willing to look elsewhere.
>ˆÝYÙÙ\Ý[ۜÈgratefully accepted!
> >
>X[žH[šÜÈB€£âGv­æP£à£âÒÐ  Dwayne 
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