Worldwide - BUF634P - Buffer Shortage - eek

I’m trying to get my hands on 5 x Burr-Brown BUF634P buffers, but there seems to be a worldwide shortage, Digikey, Mouser, RS all have them on back-order.

They are $6 a pop from the places listed above but someone on ebay wants $15ea!

Anyone have any in a draw they would like to sell me or have any suggestions where I could look?

Nothin new there - that’s why we needed a new AOUT :slight_smile:

If you can find them at all you’re doing well - I’d take the ebay deal.

oh dear - that’s not good news!!

does that mean the Digikey/Mouser orders will never be filled? Or should I stick some on back-order with digikey to make sure I get some when they next ship??

Probably never… They’ve all been out of stock (“backordered”… yeh right) for a long time now (a year or more perhaps). Mouser was the last to have any, and I pointed out the handful of remaining ones to someone and they didn’t last long :wink:

If you’re really stuck, I think that alternative parts have been discussed on the forum from time to time… but AFAIK there was only discussion :frowning:

Checking the TI website shows 3 stockholders, but sadly no P variants. Could you adapt to the heavy duty or SMD versions?

See TI BUF 634 page.

Hope this helps

yah - I can work with the SMD version…

I’ll check the page and start looking right now.

Thanks Prof!

oh and that stockist is asking $30 per Chip via buy-it-now on Ebay…

mmm, it seems only the Asian supplier has them in the package I need and they only do min 100 quantity.

last thought. Is it worth having a look at BUF602 ?