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Free sample chips!
Many manufactures offers a free samples of their electronics tools. To get some you need just fill right form and you will get free sample. For companies it great marketing job, for us – great way to get some nice electronics elements.
Here you can find a list of producers that send free samples of their products.
maxim & dallas **broken link removed**
semiconductor corp. **broken link removed** - central
fairchild semi http://www.fairchildsemi.com/samples/index.jsp -
www.ti.com
Texas Instruments -> http://www.ti.com/
Maxim - Dallas Semiconductors -> **broken link removed**
Microchip -> http://www.microchip.com/
Sensirion -> http://www.sensirion.com/ (temperature & humidity sensor)
ATMEL -> http://www.atmel.com/
Fairchild -> http://www.fairchildsemi.com/
Ramtron -> http://www.ramtron.com/
Analog Devices -> **broken link removed**
Bourns -> http://www.bourns.com/
National Semiconductor -> **broken link removed**
Xicor -> http://www.xicor.com/
Clare -> http://www.clare.com
RF Microwaves -> http://www.rfmd.com
FTD -> http://www.FTDIchip.com (USB Chips)
Allegro -> http://www.allegromicro.com
VLSI Solution -> http://www.vlsi.fi (mp3 chips)
MicroSemi -> http://www.microsemi.com
Princeton -> **broken link removed**
AVX (only passive components) -> www.avxcorp.com/RequestSample.asp
California Micro Devices -> www.calmicro.com/contact_us/samples_request.html
Catalyst Semiconductor -> www.catsemi.com/iko_bld_page.cfm?id=47
Cypress semiconductor -> www.cypress.com/support/mysupport.cfm
Infenion -> http://www.infineon.com/cgi/ecrm.dll...nel_oid=-11224
Ramton -> www.ramtron.com/products/productsOptInEmail.asp
Sipex -> www.sipex.com/support/samples_literature.cfm
Steward (ferrites, inductive products etc.) -> www.steward.com/Sample_Request.asp
Supertex -> **broken link removed**
Sometimes you need to contact by e-mail. But be careful because some of them doesn’t work with generic addresses. Best option is to send e-mail from your school address.
Of course you wan’t get too much samples at once. It’s because free samples chips are for hobbies not for business.
Many manufactures offers a free samples of their electronics tools. To get some you need just fill right form and you will get free sample. For companies it great marketing job, for us – great way to get some nice electronics elements.
Here you can find a list of producers that send free samples of their products.
maxim & dallas **broken link removed**
semiconductor corp. **broken link removed** - central
fairchild semi http://www.fairchildsemi.com/samples/index.jsp -
www.ti.com
Texas Instruments -> http://www.ti.com/
Maxim - Dallas Semiconductors -> **broken link removed**
Microchip -> http://www.microchip.com/
Sensirion -> http://www.sensirion.com/ (temperature & humidity sensor)
ATMEL -> http://www.atmel.com/
Fairchild -> http://www.fairchildsemi.com/
Ramtron -> http://www.ramtron.com/
Analog Devices -> **broken link removed**
Bourns -> http://www.bourns.com/
National Semiconductor -> **broken link removed**
Xicor -> http://www.xicor.com/
Clare -> http://www.clare.com
RF Microwaves -> http://www.rfmd.com
FTD -> http://www.FTDIchip.com (USB Chips)
Allegro -> http://www.allegromicro.com
VLSI Solution -> http://www.vlsi.fi (mp3 chips)
MicroSemi -> http://www.microsemi.com
Princeton -> **broken link removed**
AVX (only passive components) -> www.avxcorp.com/RequestSample.asp
California Micro Devices -> www.calmicro.com/contact_us/samples_request.html
Catalyst Semiconductor -> www.catsemi.com/iko_bld_page.cfm?id=47
Cypress semiconductor -> www.cypress.com/support/mysupport.cfm
Infenion -> http://www.infineon.com/cgi/ecrm.dll...nel_oid=-11224
Ramton -> www.ramtron.com/products/productsOptInEmail.asp
Sipex -> www.sipex.com/support/samples_literature.cfm
Steward (ferrites, inductive products etc.) -> www.steward.com/Sample_Request.asp
Supertex -> **broken link removed**
Sometimes you need to contact by e-mail. But be careful because some of them doesn’t work with generic addresses. Best option is to send e-mail from your school address.
Of course you wan’t get too much samples at once. It’s because free samples chips are for hobbies not for business.