Everyone likes free stuff. I thought I’d share my recent success of getting a few free chip samples:
Atmel
3 day delivery from US to UK via DHL WW Express
- ATmega328P-AU x3 (Your favorite microcontroller)
Maxim
5 day delivery from UK via Royal Mail.
Microchip
2 week delivery from Thailand
- MCP73832T-2ACI/OT x3 (Lithium battery charger)
- MCP4251-103E/P x3 (Dual 10K 8 bit digital potentiometer, DIL package for easy prototyping)
I also ordered STD75N3LLH6 x4 and STD155N3LH6 x4 (MOSFETs) from ST, but they declined my request, I think I ordered too many, 3 of each part is usually the maximum.
So in total, these samples are worth around £45! (ex. VAT) The DS3231 RTC ICs being the bulk of it, at £5-£7 each.
Stay tuned for upcoming projects using these parts!
Update – 23 May 2013
Atmel
3 day delivery from US to UK via DHL WW Express
- ATtiny10-TSHR x3 (A tiny microcontroller)
Ti
2 day delivery from US
- LM27222 x3 (MOSFET Driver)
ST
1 week delivery from US
- STD155N3LH6 x3 (MOSFET)
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how you got ATMega328p from ATMEL?
when i registered it says “Your email domain is not authorized to request samples from Atmel.com. Please use your company email domain to request samples.”
but i dont have a company what u used as ur email id?
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I used my own domain for the email address (@zakkemble.co.uk). @gmail.com etc addresses are not usually allowed.
Thanks, I have applied for components using my company email ID(@nokia.com) 🙂
HOw much time they took to ship the components from the day of applying?
Author
Just a few days I think.
HI Zaks
I have no success in ordering samples from ST microelectronics. So could you tell me how can I order from ST microelectronics the samples.
Actually I want to order few of their microcontrollers.
regards
Author
It’s been a while since I last ordered samples from ST. Are you using a private email address (not gmail, hotmail etc) and ordering 3 or less items?