Samples from Infineon?

[Joerg]

Ok, did it because this time I had no choice, no domestic alternatives.
Designed in a BSP297 and it seems you can get them almost everywhere in
Asia and Europe. Tons of them, but just not in the US. No stock.

How does one obtain samples from Infineon? Do you have to become member
of their club? Their web site is, well, lets says "suboptimal". It even
bombs when clicking on the US representative meaning you can't even get
their phone number. What a pain.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

Joerg <notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:

How does one obtain samples from Infineon?

Looking at your whois, I'm guessing San Jose is closest to you. I got
this this sales office location from a URL * that should be taken out and
shot:

Infineon Technologies North America Corporation
1730 North First Street
CA 95112
San Jose
California
United States of America
Phone: +1-408-5016000
Fax: +1-408-5012444

There are several other US sales offices across the country. I saved the
page, so if you need the information on a different office, just ask.

Mozilla 1.7.8 navigated their site OK. I tried to simplify the URL and
got the following error message:

---
Error
The system encountered a problem and cowardly refuses to perform the
requested action - please try again later. We apologize for the
inconvenience this causes. Please contact Infineon for further details.
---

If the sales office can't help, let me know. At work, a couple of years
ago, we used a couple of Infineon TO-220 H-bridge ICs in a one-off
project, and we _might_ have gotten those as samples - I can check and
see how we got them.

Matt Roberds

* http://www.infineon.com/cgi-bin/ifx/portal/ep/programView.do?channelId=-66632&programId=36015&programPage=%2Fep%2Fprogram%2Finformation.jsp&pageTypeId=17224&BV_SessionID=@@@@0684739880.1123291967@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccchaddfgfighegcflgcegndfifdfoh.0
See, I told you it should be shot...

 

[Sylvain Munaut]

Joerg wrote:

Ok, did it because this time I had no choice, no domestic alternatives.
Designed in a BSP297 and it seems you can get them almost everywhere in
Asia and Europe. Tons of them, but just not in the US. No stock.

I can order and ship you some if you need. Just PM me.



Sylvain

 

[Mike Harrison]

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 01:25:10 GMT, Joerg <notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:

Ok, did it because this time I had no choice, no domestic alternatives.
Designed in a BSP297 and it seems you can get them almost everywhere in
Asia and Europe. Tons of them, but just not in the US. No stock.

How does one obtain samples from Infineon? Do you have to become member
of their club? Their web site is, well, lets says "suboptimal". It even
bombs when clicking on the US representative meaning you can't even get
their phone number. What a pain.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

Farnell in the UK stock them, and they have some sort of tie-up with Newark, in that you can order
Newark stuff through them on the same order - may be worth asking Newark if it works the other way.
Failing that I'm sure there are European distis that will ship to the US.

 

[Winfield Hill]

Mike Harrison wrote...

Joerg wrote:

Designed in a BSP297 and it seems you can get them almost everywhere
in Asia and Europe. Tons of them, but just not in the US. No stock.

How does one obtain samples from Infineon? Do you have to become member
of their club? Their web site is, well, lets says "suboptimal". It even
bombs when clicking on the US representative meaning you can't even get
their phone number. What a pain.

Farnell in the UK stock them, and they have some sort of tie-up with
Newark, in that you can order Newark stuff through them on the same
order - may be worth asking Newark if it works the other way.

It does, simply place your order to Newark using the Franell number.
Painless. And, IIRC, they don't add extra shipping charges.


--
Thanks,
- Win

 

[Joerg]

Hello Matt,

Looking at your whois, I'm guessing San Jose is closest to you. I got
this this sales office location from a URL * that should be taken out and
shot:

Infineon Technologies North America Corporation
1730 North First Street
CA 95112
San Jose
California
United States of America
Phone: +1-408-5016000
Fax: +1-408-5012444

There are several other US sales offices across the country. I saved the
page, so if you need the information on a different office, just ask.

Thanks! That's what I needed so I can call them Monday morning. I
printed this out for the Infineon file so I don't have to use their
<...beeeeep...> web site next time.

Mozilla 1.7.8 navigated their site OK. I tried to simplify the URL and
got the following error message:

---
Error
The system encountered a problem and cowardly refuses to perform the
requested action - please try again later. We apologize for the
inconvenience this causes. Please contact Infineon for further details.
---
Well, I get a "page not found" error when trying to look up US sales

offices. TI and others make it so simple to order samples with a few
mouse clicks. I didn't expect that level from Infineon but at least they
could hire some better web designers.

If the sales office can't help, let me know. At work, a couple of years
ago, we used a couple of Infineon TO-220 H-bridge ICs in a one-off
project, and we _might_ have gotten those as samples - I can check and
see how we got them.

Thanks. I'll just call them. It doesn't matter whether we have to pay or
not as long as they show us a way to actually get some transistors onto
the lab bench.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

[Joerg]

Hello Sylvain,

I can order and ship you some if you need. Just PM me.

Thank you, that is very kind. We actually found them at Farnell and some
Asian suppliers but ideally need them, well, now :-(

So I'll call Infineon Monday and ask for some miracle.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

[Joerg]

Hello Mike,

Farnell in the UK stock them, and they have some sort of tie-up with Newark, in that you can order
Newark stuff through them on the same order - may be worth asking Newark if it works the other way.
Failing that I'm sure there are European distis that will ship to the US.

Yes, I saw Farnell UK has stock. Just wanted to avoid the shipping time
but if that's the only source we'll order from them.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

[Joerg]

Hello Winfield,

Farnell in the UK stock them, and they have some sort of tie-up with
Newark, in that you can order Newark stuff through them on the same
order - may be worth asking Newark if it works the other way.

It does, simply place your order to Newark using the Franell number.
Painless. And, IIRC, they don't add extra shipping charges.

Yes. The only difference is that it takes a bit longer for the stuff to

get to your desk because it has to come from a warehouse in Europe. In
the UK I believe. And they might not ship to you guys in Boston because
you threw their tea into the bay...

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

[Pooh Bear]

Joerg wrote:

Hello Matt,

If the sales office can't help, let me know. At work, a couple of years
ago, we used a couple of Infineon TO-220 H-bridge ICs in a one-off
project, and we _might_ have gotten those as samples - I can check and
see how we got them.

Thanks. I'll just call them. It doesn't matter whether we have to pay or
not as long as they show us a way to actually get some transistors onto
the lab bench.

Regards, Joerg

You have my sympathies.

I was interested in IR's new Direct Fets. I placed an enquiry with them for 2
types and one of their gate drivers.

They're in heavy demand so I got talking to a guy at the European Head Office
here in the UK. When they discovered I was only interested in 10k parts p.a.
they simply stopped responding to my emails.

I'd happily buy some as samples except that they're all allocated and you
simply can't get any unless you place a batch order yourself ( with MOQ ) - and
I only want to evaluate the wretched things.

Graham

 

[Joerg]

Hello Graham,

I was interested in IR's new Direct Fets. I placed an enquiry with them for 2
types and one of their gate drivers.

They're in heavy demand so I got talking to a guy at the European Head Office
here in the UK. When they discovered I was only interested in 10k parts p.a.
they simply stopped responding to my emails.

I'd happily buy some as samples except that they're all allocated and you
simply can't get any unless you place a batch order yourself ( with MOQ ) - and
I only want to evaluate the wretched things.

When I see a company pulling that kind of stuff I assume they'd do the
same thing to my clients some day and I take note. Then their design-in
rate usually tanks. Big time.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com