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

Well, that clarifies one part, but perhaps muddies the other aspects.

What target price are you looking for?

Given the cost of labor to (re)design for a different chip, it can be
really hard to justify a redesign in low volume production.

-Denny


On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM Dwayne Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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     KŒXXÚ‚ ‚€> 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[ÛœÈgratefully accepted!
> > >
> >X[žH[šÜÈB€£âGv­æP£à£âÒÐ  Dwayne
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