Wanted to buy: LM3909 LED flasher ICs

[Scott Miller]

Everyone knows and loves the old LM3909... there are hundreds of projects
out there for them, including BEAM robots and such. Only they're getting
pretty hard to find.

I checked through a broker and found that there are at least a couple of
sources with more than a thousand on hand, but frankly I think those guys
are mostly scum, and they always ask exorbitant prices.

So I'm hoping to find a source directly that could sell at least a few
hundred at a reasonable price. I'm willing to buy up to a couple thousand
if they're cheap enough.

If you've got some, or know where I can find some, please contact me by
email.

Thanks,

Scott

 

[Hal Murray]

Everyone knows and loves the old LM3909... there are hundreds of projects
out there for them, including BEAM robots and such. Only they're getting
pretty hard to find.

What do modern LED blinkers use? (the kind in grocery stores)

Last time I needed something like that, I ended up using
a PIC.

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[Patrick - townt.com]

Hi ! Scott,

We may able to supply few hundred of the LM3909.

Any idea price of this part ?

Thanks !

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"Scott Miller" <scott@3xf.com> źśźgŠóślĽóˇsťD:ALOdnQB21uzNgFvbnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@giganews.com...

Everyone knows and loves the old LM3909... there are hundreds of projects
out there for them, including BEAM robots and such. Only they're getting
pretty hard to find.

I checked through a broker and found that there are at least a couple of
sources with more than a thousand on hand, but frankly I think those guys
are mostly scum, and they always ask exorbitant prices.

So I'm hoping to find a source directly that could sell at least a few
hundred at a reasonable price. I'm willing to buy up to a couple thousand
if they're cheap enough.

If you've got some, or know where I can find some, please contact me by
email.

Thanks,

Scott

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:28:07 -0500, the renowned
hal-usenet@ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net (Hal Murray) wrote:

Everyone knows and loves the old LM3909... there are hundreds of projects
out there for them, including BEAM robots and such. Only they're getting
pretty hard to find.

What do modern LED blinkers use? (the kind in grocery stores)

Last time I needed something like that, I ended up using
a PIC.

Tiny CMOS ASIC die; COB, last one I looked at.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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[Franc Zabkar]

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:51:14 +0800, "Patrick - townt.com"
<patrick.cheung@towntarget.com.hk> put finger to keyboard and
composed:

Hi ! Scott,

We may able to supply few hundred of the LM3909.

Any idea price of this part ?

Thanks !

Tin Men, an excerpt from the plot summary:
http://www.moviesforbusiness.com/guide15topic.asp


Bill "BB" Babowsky (Richard Dreyfuss) is about to buy a Cadillac. A
car salesman takes him in his office to close the deal. Babowsky,
himself a salesman, makes it clear that he doesn't want to hear any
sales tricks. "I really don't want you to hustle me," BB tells the car
salesman. "I hate that."

The salesman asks BB how much he's willing to pay and BB bristles.
"You know you're doing it already," he tells the salesman. "You're
trying to hustle me. Why don't you just tell me how much you want to
sell it for. Then I'll tell you whether or not I'll pay it, and then
we won't have to get into this hustle thing."

The car salesman denies he's pulling a hustle and says he's just
trying to find out how much BB wants to pay. "Okay," says BB. "Four
dollars." The dealer can't believe it. "What do I really want to pay?"
BB asks him. "I want to pay nothing. . ."

- Franc Zabkar
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[Lostgallifreyan]

Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in
news:qb5dc31lvdcq7mpbmdlmlm3tv4f2rhrbdm@4ax.com:

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:51:14 +0800, "Patrick - townt.com"
patrick.cheung@towntarget.com.hk> put finger to keyboard and
composed:

Hi ! Scott,

We may able to supply few hundred of the LM3909.

Any idea price of this part ?

Thanks !

Tin Men, an excerpt from the plot summary:
http://www.moviesforbusiness.com/guide15topic.asp


Bill "BB" Babowsky (Richard Dreyfuss) is about to buy a Cadillac. A
car salesman takes him in his office to close the deal. Babowsky,
himself a salesman, makes it clear that he doesn't want to hear any
sales tricks. "I really don't want you to hustle me," BB tells the car
salesman. "I hate that."

The salesman asks BB how much he's willing to pay and BB bristles.
"You know you're doing it already," he tells the salesman. "You're
trying to hustle me. Why don't you just tell me how much you want to
sell it for. Then I'll tell you whether or not I'll pay it, and then
we won't have to get into this hustle thing."

The car salesman denies he's pulling a hustle and says he's just
trying to find out how much BB wants to pay. "Okay," says BB. "Four
dollars." The dealer can't believe it. "What do I really want to pay?"
BB asks him. "I want to pay nothing. . ."

- Franc Zabkar

Nice. Almost poetic.

 

[JW]

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:54:06 +1000 Franc Zabkar
<fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in Message id:
<qb5dc31lvdcq7mpbmdlmlm3tv4f2rhrbdm@4ax.com>:

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:51:14 +0800, "Patrick - townt.com"
patrick.cheung@towntarget.com.hk> put finger to keyboard and
composed:

Hi ! Scott,

We may able to supply few hundred of the LM3909.

Any idea price of this part ?

Thanks !

Tin Men, an excerpt from the plot summary:
http://www.moviesforbusiness.com/guide15topic.asp


Bill "BB" Babowsky (Richard Dreyfuss) is about to buy a Cadillac. A
car salesman takes him in his office to close the deal. Babowsky,
himself a salesman, makes it clear that he doesn't want to hear any
sales tricks. "I really don't want you to hustle me," BB tells the car
salesman. "I hate that."

The salesman asks BB how much he's willing to pay and BB bristles.
"You know you're doing it already," he tells the salesman. "You're
trying to hustle me. Why don't you just tell me how much you want to
sell it for. Then I'll tell you whether or not I'll pay it, and then
we won't have to get into this hustle thing."

The car salesman denies he's pulling a hustle and says he's just
trying to find out how much BB wants to pay. "Okay," says BB. "Four
dollars." The dealer can't believe it. "What do I really want to pay?"
BB asks him. "I want to pay nothing. . ."

- Franc Zabkar

*smirk*

Nice...