Passinwind

I sent files for pcb+assembly over to Pica Manufacturing this morning for a quote, he says he should be able to get that early next...

Any idea why we were being charged before the de minimis exemption ended? I haven't had a single duty-free shipment from JLCPCB...

Yeah I have no idea, it kind of felt like a shakedown with no real basis. I waited until the boards were safely in my hands before...

Ah yes, TDK 🤦‍♂️ Of course I was always more of a Maxell XL-II guy back in the day, that’s probably why I couldn’t remember;)

I absolutely love the OSH purple and gold look, but yeah, the nubs do suck. For me the other viable US based alternative has been DKRed...

EPCOS/TDK for polyester, Kemet PHE426 for polypro. I've been using the latter in 1nf-68nF for many years, not so much in bigger sizes...

Thanks for the heads-up, I managed to miss the end of life notice Mouser presumably sent me. I've been getting way too many of those...

Some might actually be harder to find going forward. Just saw this posted on another forum...

IME, clipping elements (diodes, transistors, etc) with manually matched forward voltage drops make little difference from simply...