I, like many of you, have experienced the shortage in microcontroller chips. I am using a pic24 in 44-pin TSOP. I chose (before the shortage) the most capable member of the chosen family, just because I like to leave room for expansion.
So, which one becomes unavailable? You guessed it, the one I chose. Ones with smaller memory are still available, which is okay for me because I can fit in the smaller memory. But for a commercial product that needed the max memory it would be a disaster.
So why would Micrichip produce the less capable chips and not the more capable one that can replace all of the smaller ones? It makes no sense to me. They would even benefit from the higher selling price if they sold only the larger one to customers who didn’t need it. And fewer customers would be stuck with no chip they could use.
Bob
So, which one becomes unavailable? You guessed it, the one I chose. Ones with smaller memory are still available, which is okay for me because I can fit in the smaller memory. But for a commercial product that needed the max memory it would be a disaster.
So why would Micrichip produce the less capable chips and not the more capable one that can replace all of the smaller ones? It makes no sense to me. They would even benefit from the higher selling price if they sold only the larger one to customers who didn’t need it. And fewer customers would be stuck with no chip they could use.
Bob