A search for "BF862" at nexperia.com comes up with nada.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
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Reply by Gerhard Hoffmann●January 9, 20182018-01-09
Am 09.01.2018 um 17:12 schrieb Phil Hobbs:
> No such luck.
>
> https://www.nxp.com/part/BF862
>
> Fortunately there's the CPH3910, which is a near drop-in replacement.
> Am 22.12.2017 um 17:56 schrieb John Larkin:
>> On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:34:12 +0100, Gerhard Hoffmann
>
>> Unfortunately, SOT89 RF transistors get discontinued a lot faster than
>> they get introduced. I designed a wonderful circuit recently, that
>> uses BFQ149s (PNP) parts, and then they were discontinued. Bummer. We
>> bought 11,000 to tide us over for a while, but I'm going to have to
>> redesign eventually.
>>
>> NEC and NXP have killed most of their good stuff.
>
> But it seems that the BF862 lives on.
> No more from NXP, but from Nexperia now.
>
> < https://media.digikey.com/pdf/PCNs/NXP/201702021I.pdf >
>
> cheers, Gerhard
No such luck.
https://www.nxp.com/part/BF862
Fortunately there's the CPH3910, which is a near drop-in replacement.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.nethttp://hobbs-eo.com
Reply by Gerhard Hoffmann●January 9, 20182018-01-09
Am 22.12.2017 um 17:56 schrieb John Larkin:
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:34:12 +0100, Gerhard Hoffmann
> Unfortunately, SOT89 RF transistors get discontinued a lot faster than
> they get introduced. I designed a wonderful circuit recently, that
> uses BFQ149s (PNP) parts, and then they were discontinued. Bummer. We
> bought 11,000 to tide us over for a while, but I'm going to have to
> redesign eventually.
>
> NEC and NXP have killed most of their good stuff.
On 28 Dec 2017 17:08:20 -0800, Winfield Hill
<hill@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
>krw@notreal.com wrote...
>>
>> NXP is better than most.
>
> --- was ----
Maybe. We'll see but my point stands.
Reply by Winfield Hill●December 28, 20172017-12-28
krw@notreal.com wrote...
>
> NXP is better than most.
--- was ----
--
Thanks,
- Win
Reply by ●December 28, 20172017-12-28
On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 08:16:16 -0800, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 08:42:31 -0500, krw@notreal.com wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:34:59 -0800 (PST), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at 7:44:49 PM UTC-8, k...@notreal.com wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:11:35 -0800, John Larkin
>>>
>>>> >EOL policies certainly steer our choice of vendors.
>>>>
>>>> That's certainly the smart way to run a business but it's not like
>>>> they're discontinuing a part with no warning.
>>>
>>>Of course it is! The 'warning' is one message in a mailbox, among
>>>thousands. Neglecting the customers' needs but giving a warning
>>>is almost exactly the same as neglecting the customer's needs.
>>
>>Exactly what do you want them to do? Fly an airplane towing banners
>>over his business? Put multi-page ads in the NYT? Send a dossier to
>>the FBI?
>>>
>>>Wnen you need a transistor, you do NOT want a warning instead.
>>
>>So you're saying that once a manufacturer makes something, that
>>obligates them to make that widget forever? You're nuts!
>
>NXP is not obligated to keep making BFQ149's, and I am not obligated
>to use any more NXP parts.
No, but pretty soon you're going to run out of suppliers. NXP is
better than most.
Reply by boB●December 28, 20172017-12-28
On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 08:16:16 -0800, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 08:42:31 -0500, krw@notreal.com wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:34:59 -0800 (PST), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at 7:44:49 PM UTC-8, k...@notreal.com wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:11:35 -0800, John Larkin
>>>
>>>> >EOL policies certainly steer our choice of vendors.
>>>>
>>>> That's certainly the smart way to run a business but it's not like
>>>> they're discontinuing a part with no warning.
>>>
>>>Of course it is! The 'warning' is one message in a mailbox, among
>>>thousands. Neglecting the customers' needs but giving a warning
>>>is almost exactly the same as neglecting the customer's needs.
>>
>>Exactly what do you want them to do? Fly an airplane towing banners
>>over his business? Put multi-page ads in the NYT? Send a dossier to
>>the FBI?
>>>
>>>Wnen you need a transistor, you do NOT want a warning instead.
>>
>>So you're saying that once a manufacturer makes something, that
>>obligates them to make that widget forever? You're nuts!
>
>NXP is not obligated to keep making BFQ149's, and I am not obligated
>to use any more NXP parts.
No more than I have to either. Some are already designed in though.
boB
Reply by John Larkin●December 28, 20172017-12-28
On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 08:42:31 -0500, krw@notreal.com wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:34:59 -0800 (PST), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at 7:44:49 PM UTC-8, k...@notreal.com wrote:
>>> On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:11:35 -0800, John Larkin
>>
>>> >EOL policies certainly steer our choice of vendors.
>>>
>>> That's certainly the smart way to run a business but it's not like
>>> they're discontinuing a part with no warning.
>>
>>Of course it is! The 'warning' is one message in a mailbox, among
>>thousands. Neglecting the customers' needs but giving a warning
>>is almost exactly the same as neglecting the customer's needs.
>
>Exactly what do you want them to do? Fly an airplane towing banners
>over his business? Put multi-page ads in the NYT? Send a dossier to
>the FBI?
>>
>>Wnen you need a transistor, you do NOT want a warning instead.
>
>So you're saying that once a manufacturer makes something, that
>obligates them to make that widget forever? You're nuts!
NXP is not obligated to keep making BFQ149's, and I am not obligated
to use any more NXP parts.
--
John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc trk
jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com
http://www.highlandtechnology.com
Reply by ●December 28, 20172017-12-28
On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:34:59 -0800 (PST), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
wrote:
>On Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at 7:44:49 PM UTC-8, k...@notreal.com wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:11:35 -0800, John Larkin
>
>> >EOL policies certainly steer our choice of vendors.
>>
>> That's certainly the smart way to run a business but it's not like
>> they're discontinuing a part with no warning.
>
>Of course it is! The 'warning' is one message in a mailbox, among
>thousands. Neglecting the customers' needs but giving a warning
>is almost exactly the same as neglecting the customer's needs.
Exactly what do you want them to do? Fly an airplane towing banners
over his business? Put multi-page ads in the NYT? Send a dossier to
the FBI?
>
>Wnen you need a transistor, you do NOT want a warning instead.
So you're saying that once a manufacturer makes something, that
obligates them to make that widget forever? You're nuts!
>Wasn't there an electronic distributor that noticed the
>profit margin on resistors was just very small, so they dropped
>'em from the catalog? Can't remember the name, they're out
>of business now.
Perfect material for an urban legend. "Did you hear the one about..."