Chip Followup
From Qi-Hardware
This page follows semiconductor devices (chips) mentioned in books or other publications and tracks their availability and price over time.
[edit] Designing Embedded Hardware, 2nd edition (May 2005)
Written by John Catsoulis, nice entry level text covering a variety of simple microcontroller designs. First edition November, 2002.
| page | type | brand | model | Octopart | Octopart 2012-05 | DigiKey | DigiKey 2012-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | regulator | Fairchild | LM7805 | [1] | many <0.50 USD | [2] | 0.69 USD @1 |
