The world is full of free integrated circuit samples, you just need to know where to look for them. Today I got a very nicely packaged batch of samples from Maxim Integrated. All I had to do was ask nicely :)
I filled all relevant information four days ago and today I have 2 x MAX7219CNG and 2 x MAX7221CNG LED display drivers. They retail at about £8 and £13 without shipping so it’s about £42 of free stuff! Will be using them to control 8×8 LED matrices I got a while back from Rapid Online.
Thanks Maxim Integrated!
What did you fill in for the company field when registering?
Don’t remember now, but sometimes N/A works :-)