Electronics Forum | Tue May 01 10:44:28 EDT 2012 | streuzucker
How about BEE Packaging? http://www.beepackaging.com/ic-tubes.html
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 18 12:54:33 EDT 2012 | gaz
We buy TSSOPs from Digikey, but the tubes they come in are too short for our PNP machine. I'm trying to buy just a handful of these IC tubes. These say 26020129 TSSOP 4.4 0949 on them. We'd like about 20". Can anyone help?
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 19 03:06:11 EDT 2012 | roblackey
Hi Gaz, I know it's not the most elegant solution but why don't you just buy 20 tubes of TSSOP logic IC's such as 74HCT27PW (depends on width)- these type of parts are around $0.05 each so you are not going to be paying more than $2.50 for a tube of
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 18 20:28:26 EDT 2012 | gaz
Thanks very much. I did contact ITW and they have MOQ of $1800. We just need about 5x 21" tubes. Do you know by chance if these others do small quantities?
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 19 07:46:38 EDT 2012 | davef
Just wait. Someone here is throwing 100s of them away every week. Sooner or later they will connect and ask for your address and want to know if they could send you a monthly consignment of a hundred or so tubes.
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 23 12:34:00 EDT 2012 | gaz
I ordered some of those ICs but the tubes they sent them in were shorter ones. I need about 21" long.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 22 13:34:33 EST 2013 | mcordingley
Malaster stocks hundreds of profiles for all types if IC Tubes. http://www.malaster.com * 408-745-0104
Electronics Forum | Tue May 01 12:52:54 EDT 2012 | gaz
Thanks very much. I just emailed them to see if they do small orders.
Electronics Forum | Wed May 02 10:15:17 EDT 2012 | streuzucker
Great, let us know how it works out.
Electronics Forum | Wed May 09 19:11:04 EDT 2012 | gaz
So far it's a week later, and no response.
