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.
A SOT-89 with emitter in the middle
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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.
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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
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On 01/09/2018 10:48 AM, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:> 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, GerhardNo 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.net http://hobbs-eo.com
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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.< https://www.tme.eu/de/details/bf862.215/n-kanal-transistoren-smd/nexperia/ > They claim to have 1940 pcs. of Nexperia BF862 , a minute ago?
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On 01/09/2018 11:53 AM, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:> 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. > > < > https://www.tme.eu/de/details/bf862.215/n-kanal-transistoren-smd/nexperia/ > > > > They claim to have 1940 pcs. of Nexperia BF862 , a minute ago?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 http://electrooptical.net https://hobbs-eo.com
