riggler
Well-known member
Man. My wife broke our scanner/printer/copier thingy with physical force. OK, so I open it up and find the only problem is a physically smashed ceramic resonator. It took a week to figure out what the part was since I've never seen one before. Luckily some awesome people on here knew what it was.
Okay, not bad, need to find a 400kHz 3-lead ceramic resonator. This printer is a year old. Shouldn't be hard. Heck somebody said "Yeah it's just a 400kHz resonator"
Mouser - nope.
Digikey - nope.
Farnell - nope.
ANYWHERE ---- nope. So I get ahold of Murata. Props to them, very cool that they actually looked at my picture, called me back and let me know that it is a 400kHz resonator. BUT, out of production -- no replacement.
So I've got this $250 piece that needs a $1.00 part that I can't get!!!
Okay, not bad, need to find a 400kHz 3-lead ceramic resonator. This printer is a year old. Shouldn't be hard. Heck somebody said "Yeah it's just a 400kHz resonator"
Mouser - nope.
Digikey - nope.
Farnell - nope.
ANYWHERE ---- nope. So I get ahold of Murata. Props to them, very cool that they actually looked at my picture, called me back and let me know that it is a 400kHz resonator. BUT, out of production -- no replacement.
So I've got this $250 piece that needs a $1.00 part that I can't get!!!