| karma |
i ordered 5 lm4881 chips from national for a headphone amp
thay sent me (5) lm4881 and (5) lm4950. is it not 5 a week for samples?
has anyone used or maid anything out of the lm4950 that i could use em for?
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| officeboy |
| Yeah, they recently double sent me an order too. Must have either a few new guys or some kinda computer problems. |
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| karma |
| no complaints here:D just not sure that to do with em |
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| theChris |
| 5 orders per week, not 5 samples, right? |
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| paulb |
| 5 more headphone amplifiers. |
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| soundNERD |
the 4881 is a nice sounding chip, i build a lot of amps for friends with it.
what is the specs of that chip?
they did the same with me for the first order i placed. they sent me 5 lm3886T one day and 5 more the next day.
just wondering, what is the shipping charge for samples? |
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| soundNERD |
| its not free though. Whenever I try to place an order with my netzero address it tells me that due to the amount of orders placed from netzero.net, it needs to charge a shipping fee |
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| soundNERD |
oh, and i don't know what you can make of that other chip, its only 3.5W stereo or 7W BTL, so not much power is going to be produced by it.
You could use it to drive the satellites on a computer speaker system or something like that. |
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| grataku |
| quote: | Originally posted by karma
i ordered 5 lm4881 chips from national for a headphone amp
thay sent me (5) lm4881 and (5) lm4950. is it not 5 a week for samples?
has anyone used or maid anything out of the lm4950 that i could use em for?
:hphones: |
Apparently sending extra free stuff is not a good way to get the cheap skates to shut up. Interesting sociological experiment. ;) |
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| karma |
| quote: | Originally posted by soundNERD
its not free though. Whenever I try to place an order with my netzero address it tells me that due to the amount of orders placed from netzero.net, it needs to charge a shipping fee |
u will need a e-mail adress with its own domain like .com
or your own business
;) |
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| karma |
| quote: | Originally posted by grataku
Apparently sending extra free stuff is not a good way to get the cheap skates to shut up. Interesting sociological experiment. ;) |
yes i am cheap. and are you sure your not the sociological experiment
;) |
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| thomas997 |
Karma, how long did it take for you to receive your samples?
My sample order has said shipped for almost a month now.
and in the email I got it said: typical delivery times are 315 days. I hope they meant 3-15 days :)
Maybe it has been lost in the mail..
Thanks |
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| matjans |
| i've ordered samples from national 2 times and (to the netherlands, at least) delivery times are pretty good, about a week or so (provided that the samples are in stock, i guess) |
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| karma |
| quote: | Originally posted by thomas997
Karma, how long did it take for you to receive your samples?
My sample order has said shipped for almost a month now.
and in the email I got it said: typical delivery times are 315 days. I hope they meant 3-15 days :)
Maybe it has been lost in the mail..
Thanks |
for hamilton ontario its about 3 to 5 days
i would say it may be lost. its delivered by fedex you could phone or go on line to see if thay have it. or just order it again
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| soundNERD |
| quote: | Originally posted by karma
u will need a e-mail adress with its own domain like .com
or your own business
;) |
and where can i get a free one? |
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| w00t |
| quote: | Originally posted by karma
u will need a e-mail adress with its own domain like .com
or your own business
;) |
Strangely, I'm using a @msn.com hotmail address with no problems. :devilr: |
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| soundNERD |
w00t, does it tell you there will be a small shipping charge?
i am beginning to think that that thats just a thing to try and reduce the amount of samples ordered, but they really don't charge you.
every time i send them an email asking what the charge is, they never respond. |
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| Alcaid |
| quote: | Originally posted by soundNERD
w00t, does it tell you there will be a small shipping charge?
i am beginning to think that that thats just a thing to try and reduce the amount of samples ordered, but they really don't charge you.
every time i send them an email asking what the charge is, they never respond. |
Just agree to the sample verification, and you will be sendt over to a payment page where you can see the amount and pay it by card.
National treats one after what country you are from though, so here in Norway you can't get samples for free. I've tried about 10 different E-mail adresses, some said to be working for others, but from other countries.
I got some samples from the local distributor though :) |
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| ir |
here in New Zealand they arrive witihin 2 weeks. always. hell i've got about $200USD of stuff from them (and i do have commerical plans so i'm not just abusing their generosity)
i did get a phone call tho from their local distributor though, asking what i needed the samples for. at that stage i said i was a university student doing an engineering project. that was 2 years ago - after my very first order too, never been called again since despite the many sample requests |
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| CrisTUFR |
I always understood the policy to mean "5 of each product" rather than five total samples a week. I got 5 3875T's, 5 3875TF's, and 5 4780's in a single week.
I'm sure that if you were seriously abusing the system, they'd get upset. I personally feel that once you get a sample of a product and everything works out well for you, it's just common courtesy to purchase devices in the future -- especially if you're selling the result of your labour...
Certainly there are those out there who try to abuse the system and rarely pay for their chips. When you're spending $100 at DigiKey on fancy caps and resistors, what's another 10 or so bucks for two more parts. ;)
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| karma |
i was thinking it was 5 chips per week. not 5 of each. i dont order that much anyway. samples work now im going to buy some ;)
i like to try before i buy:D |
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| theChris |
| yeah, pretty sure it's limited to 25 samples, 5 of 5 different models, per week, but you can also get permission to get more if needed. i go for 5 per week, but usually don't get samples every week. not sure if you can re-order samples that you've gotten in the past either. |
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| soundNERD |
theChris, yes you can reorder samples you have already ordered, i've done it with the 3886tf and 4881m.
And yes, it is 5 orders of up to 5 chips per order per week. This week i ordered 5 of each of the following, 3886tf, 4881m, 4651, 4652 and 4780. i'm not abusing the system though if thats what somebody thinks. i haven't ordered samples for months now, and those are all the chips i wanted to play around with.
sorry to change the subject slightly, but has anybody ordered samples of products made by On Semiconductor? They used to let you choose as many parts as you want per order and there was no shipping charge. Today, i went to get samples of the chips, transistors, and MOSFETS i am going to use for a car switching power supply and they limited me to 3 chips per order and there is an 11 dollar shipping charge. can somebody else who has a login with onsemi add a part to their sample cart and tell me if they try to charge a shipping charge? |
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| groyne |
hey,
i did order samples from onsemi about a week ago. they let me same 7 pats , 25 samples each and 3 parts, 5 samples each. and 20 dollars shipping. but maybe that's cause i live in india and it costs them more.
while on that subject, where can you get free samples of discrete transistors. national and texas only have ic's and here in india, we get only geniune small signal transistors. the power trs are all fakes, usually 2N3055's. |
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| w00t |
| quote: | Originally posted by soundNERD
w00t, does it tell you there will be a small shipping charge?
i am beginning to think that that thats just a thing to try and reduce the amount of samples ordered, but they really don't charge you.
every time i send them an email asking what the charge is, they never respond. |
Nope, they don't charge me for shipping & handling. If there is no stock in the warehouse, they will send me an email informing me of the delay. :D |
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| jamesjung21 |
| quote: | | Strangely, I'm using a @msn.com hotmail address with no problems. |
I used to order with ~@hanmail.net, and the 24HR sample never worked...
So I changed it into ~@hotmail.com, and now any 24HR sample works well.
| quote: | here in New Zealand they arrive witihin 2 weeks. always. hell i've got about $200USD of stuff from them (and i do have commerical plans so i'm not just abusing their generosity)
i did get a phone call tho from their local distributor though, asking what i needed the samples for. at that stage i said i was a university student doing an engineering project. that was 2 years ago - after my very first order too, never been called again since despite the many sample requests |
Hey ir, which distributor was it? RS New Zealand?
I've never got a phone call before... It might be because you're in PN...
| quote: | | sorry to change the subject slightly, but has anybody ordered samples of products made by On Semiconductor? They used to let you choose as many parts as you want per order and there was no shipping charge. Today, i went to get samples of the chips, transistors, and MOSFETS i am going to use for a car switching power supply and they limited me to 3 chips per order and there is an 11 dollar shipping charge. can somebody else who has a login with onsemi add a part to their sample cart and tell me if they try to charge a shipping charge? |
I've ordered 50 pieces of TO-3P packaged power transistors before, and they charged me $20 for the shipping fee.
| quote: | | Nope, they don't charge me for shipping & handling. If there is no stock in the warehouse, they will send me an email informing me of the delay. |
It's because you are in Singapore, which is the place where the sampling office is... Lucky guy!:smash: |
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| ir |
| quote: | | Hey ir, which distributor was it? RS New Zealand? |
Arrow, based in Lower Hutt actually. that was when i was in Palmerston North.
Now i'm in Lower Hutt too, changed all my details and pretty much sampled every power opamp they have to offer and still no call
Regarding OnSemi, i got a few things from them early last year at no charge. When i tried to get sample again earlier this year, they wanted $20 for shipping
TI are still good for samples. Their quantities vary depending on the items cost. you can get up to 8 of 8 different items (so 64 IC's per week!). for example cheaper opamps TL-072's etc you can get 8 of, whereas for a more expensive OPA549 chip they'll limit you to 5. it's also handy as they all come in one box, unlike NatSemi who stick each item in a seperate envelope |
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| Devil_H@ck |
| quote: | Originally posted by matjans
i've ordered samples from national 2 times and (to the netherlands, at least) delivery times are pretty good, about a week or so (provided that the samples are in stock, i guess) |
| quote: | Originally posted by Alcaid
...National treats one after what country you are from though, so here in Norway you can't get samples for free. I've tried about 10 different E-mail adresses, some said to be working for others, but from other countries.... |
Hm, I tried to order 5 LM3875's two times now and both times, after 3 days I got an email that my sample order was not approved :(. Why is that? Is it because I live in Belgium? (Btw, the email address I used was ....@skynet.be, and I didn't have to pay extra costs.) |
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| jamesjung21 |
| quote: | | Hm, I tried to order 5 LM3875's two times now and both times, after 3 days I got an email that my sample order was not approved . Why is that? Is it because I live in Belgium? (Btw, the email address I used was ....@skynet.be, and I didn't have to pay extra costs.) |
Make a new mail address in ~@hotmail.com, and it'll work just fine!;) |
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| jamesjung21 |
| quote: | | Arrow, based in Lower Hutt actually. that was when i was in Palmerston North. |
Oh, I might get a phone call, or even a visit from Arrow:cannotbe:
The Auckland department is only about 25km away from my place:dead:
Anyway, is it really OK to order a same chip for twice? Or is it too risky? :confused: |
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| Devil_H@ck |
| quote: | Originally posted by jamesjung21
Make a new mail address in ~@hotmail.com, and it'll work just fine!;) |
Lol, I hate Hotmail, but OK, let's try :).
Well, I get this with a Hotmail address:
"Also, due to the large demand for free samples, we now have to require a small shipping and handling fee for sample orders placed from "@hotmail.com"."
I'm too cheap for that ;). |
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| Bricolo |
| did someone succeed in ordering samples from NS in france? |
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| jamesjung21 |
| quote: | | Lol, I hate Hotmail, but OK, let's try . |
Just make one for NSC Sample Ordering...
I really hate hotmail as well:dead: |
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| carlmart |
| quote: | Originally posted by jamesjung21
Make a new mail address in ~@hotmail.com, and it'll work just fine!;) |
I don't think it'll be that easy. The country in your address is what's important in their policy.
As far as I know National is not sending samples to outside of the USA anymore. I'm not sure about the others, but I think Analog also does not.
Do correct me if I'm wrong.
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| jamesjung21 |
| quote: | | As far as I know National is not sending samples to outside of the USA anymore. I'm not sure about the others, but I think Analog also does not. |
Hey, where do you think I and ir are living at?
NEW ZEALAND! |
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| Devil_H@ck |
| quote: | Originally posted by carlmart
As far as I know National is not sending samples to outside of the USA anymore. I'm not sure about the others, but I think Analog also does not. |
Analog does, I got 2 SSM2404's from them about 2-4 weeks ago. |
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| soundNERD |
| quote: | Originally posted by Devil_H@ck
Lol, I hate Hotmail, but OK, let's try :).
Well, I get this with a Hotmail address:
"Also, due to the large demand for free samples, we now have to require a small shipping and handling fee for sample orders placed from "@hotmail.com"."
I'm too cheap for that ;). |
Thats exactly what it says to me, and im just like you, too cheap.
Onsemi never used to charge for samples, this is the first time. I live in the US, so i wonder if they decided to just start charging samples in the us.
i have used my @electronet.5u.com address (my website) and after like 2 seperate orders of 5 chips per order i started getting that same messsage in the quote above.
now i use another website i have..
what works great is to register for a free website with www.50megs.com or www.freeservers.com and they give you free forwarding so anything sent to webmaster or postmaster @ yoursite.com gets forwarded to your normal email. |
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| Devil_H@ck |
| quote: | Originally posted by soundNERD
Thats exactly what it says to me, and im just like you, too cheap.
Onsemi never used to charge for samples, this is the first time. I live in the US, so i wonder if they decided to just start charging samples in the us.
i have used my @electronet.5u.com address (my website) and after like 2 seperate orders of 5 chips per order i started getting that same messsage in the quote above.
now i use another website i have..
what works great is to register for a free website with www.50megs.com or www.freeservers.com and they give you free forwarding so anything sent to webmaster or postmaster @ yoursite.com gets forwarded to your normal email. |
Hm, well, I was talking about National Semi, not OnSemi. Although I noticed the same with OnSemi. I needed some MJE15003's for my JLH amp (which I couldn't get in the local store) and then some high A diodes. Next time I looked they told my I'd need to pay shipping charges too.
Oh, well, I don't need anything for the moment (well, except some LM3875s :)). |
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| Bricolo |
Dear *** ***,
Thank you for the sample request from National Semiconductor.
We regret that we are unable to fulfill the sample request as follow:
Part Number : ***
Company Name: ***
Application : ***
Please contact your local distributor to obtain sample:
http://www.national.com/contacts/
Regards,
Regional Administrator |
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| soundNERD |
| quote: | Originally posted by Devil_H@ck
Hm, well, I was talking about National Semi, not OnSemi. Although I noticed the same with OnSemi. I needed some MJE15003's for my JLH amp (which I couldn't get in the local store) and then some high A diodes. Next time I looked they told my I'd need to pay shipping charges too.
Oh, well, I don't need anything for the moment (well, except some LM3875s :)). |
yes, i was talking about national there too. |
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| Devil_H@ck |
| Yup, I got the same e-mail. |
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| soundNERD |
| hmm, what i do is say im a student (which is true). i get my samples every time. |
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| jamesjung21 |
Does anybody know which mail I could use to order samples from FAIRCHILD? :confused:
I need some MOSFETs... I've tried Hotmail, but it doesn't work...:rolleyes: |
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| soundNERD |
| quote: | Originally posted by jamesjung21
Does anybody know which mail I could use to order samples from FAIRCHILD? :confused:
I need some MOSFETs... I've tried Hotmail, but it doesn't work...:rolleyes: |
Its not even worth the effort,
i have tried ordering samples from them like 3 times and every time they told me my order was approved, yet I never got the parts. And, the first order was almost a year ago, so it isn't that i'm not waiting.
And, i just use my netzero address and they took it.
About onsemi, i got an email back from them about samples, and since May, they now charge shipping and handling to USA. |
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| karma |
heh good thing im buying now. there charging me to for shiping
just out of the blue. i would say there reading this;) :eek: |
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| Devil_H@ck |
| quote: | Originally posted by jamesjung21
Does anybody know which mail I could use to order samples from FAIRCHILD? :confused:
I need some MOSFETs... I've tried Hotmail, but it doesn't work...:rolleyes: |
I've ordered samples from them 2 (or was that 3?) times now. I don't know how long it took to get them, but I guess if they arrive here (in Belgium), they should certainly arrive in America :).
Hmm, those 60A diodes are nice :).
I used either my Yahoo or a ...@skynet.be address, I can't remember. |
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