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  • Author Author: clem57
  • Date Created: 24 Feb 2020 6:00 AM Date Created
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Is my chip real?

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I think the title says it all. Anybody have similar experiences?

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 5 years ago +4
    Yeah, with FTDI - we had a number of students in the University I worked at buy FTDI serial cables and wonder why their hardware no longer worked, or that they couldn't programme the microcontrollers.…
  • clem57
    clem57 over 5 years ago in reply to dubbie +3
    dubbie true, but if is does not work, you need to plan on getting 2 or more to cover for failures rates.
  • dubbie
    dubbie over 5 years ago in reply to cstanton +3
    Christopher, That was very interesting. I had not heard of this FTDI problem before. I must have been lucky with all the FTDI chips that I had purchased in the past, although we only purchased from certain…
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  • dubbie
    dubbie over 5 years ago

    If it looks too cheap to be true then it probably isn't true. But then again, I do not mind having a cheaper chip even if it is 'recycled' provided it works. There is the moral issue of course, of the chip being unclearly represented. To be honest, even if the chip was classed as recycled, I might still buy it, provided it works.

     

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    clem57 over 5 years ago in reply to dubbie

    dubbie true, but if is does not work, you need to plan on getting 2 or more to cover for failures rates.

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    clem57 over 5 years ago in reply to dubbie

    dubbie true, but if is does not work, you need to plan on getting 2 or more to cover for failures rates.

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    dubbie over 5 years ago in reply to clem57

    Clem,

     

    I know! I still cannot break the habit of buying at least two,, just in case one doesn't work. More likely, just in case I break one. After 35 years working I ended up with a large about of 'stuff' left over from designs because of this. It all went into a yellow WEE (or is it WEEE?) skip when I retired. It was a shame but who wanted 20 year old out of date components.

     

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