Quote:
|
Originally Posted by bobtheblob
Why are things so expensive on newarkinone.com? The Angular rate sensors sold on that site all exceed 150 dollars. I even saw some pushbutton switches for 20 dollars each.
Maybe I'm mistaken about the price, but that is ridiculous.
|
Future electronics sells an Analog Devices angular rate chip. Search the fori for ADXRS300 & ADXRS150.
Others have used these with good success.
Joe J.
P.S.
My mind had them at $30 or so, but looking on the Future website they are more like $50 (and that is in a "tray" where you may have to buy 20 - ouch!). The ones pre-mounted on a PCB are almost $100. Pretty tough to use them at that price!
I KNOW Newark has them in my catalog, but I can't find them on their website (man their part number search could use some cleverness built into it -- dumb as a post, it is). If I find it in a old catalog and they sell it to me at that listed price, do you suppose I could still use it legally? -- I suppose not. Why does FIRST even HAVE that $200 electronic limit? Why not have a limit on what you can spend on bushings? It makes about as much sense.
Looks like Digi-key has the chips too. $50 is the going rate for the sensor in a surface mount package. I hope I can afford one or two.
Of course, every team in FTC should be asking the magic question: "What would Simbotics do?" - Billfred [more] 
13-01-2004, 22:35
Similar Threads
Threaded Mode