IR Receivers: Hoarding Time!

erco

Do not tempt erco, naughty Jim; I need no encouragement to hoard! :P

Publison

LOL..It was not directed at you, (well mostly it was).

Publison

Only 17,000 in stock, but the price has doubled.

http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Vishay-Semiconductors/TSSP4038/?qs=lgjwDzixuo3Ja5hn%2bEmOdw==

erco

Wow. Thanks, that reminds me, I'm running low and need to reorder. Does this hoarder need 100 to get the price break?


Prolly. Merry Christmas to me!

erco

Even at $1.20 each, much cheaper than getting one (1) piece from the UK for $23 incl/ship.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IR-SENSOR-SMALL-FOR-LIGHT-BARRIER-Part-VISHAY-TSSP4038-/391067112226

At that price, they should throw in some free Guinness and Yorkshire pudding.

Publison

erco wrote: »

Even at $1.20 each, much cheaper than getting one (1) piece from the UK for $23 incl/ship.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IR-SENSOR-SMALL-FOR-LIGHT-BARRIER-Part-VISHAY-TSSP4038-/391067112226

At that price, they should throw in some free Guinness and Yorkshire pudding.

$19.00 Shipping?! I'll take a Shepherd's Pie.

Publison

Still available. Got 10 @ 80 cents each.

http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Vishay/TSSP4038/?qs=/ha2pyFadujZxAsXacf5%2bHTHTUf%2bPTiDBh8G/QKTBq7qKDlmzimELA==

erco

I got a hundred a while back and they're half gone. Handy little suckers.

erco

I just hoarded all 9 TSSP4038s in stock from Arrow.com. (Although their site still says 9 in stock...) I've been burning through these guys like nobody's business since I discovered that they can drive my favorite Aromat TF2-5V relay directly. That makes the world's simplest IR remote control trigger with just 2 parts.

https://www.arrow.com/en/products/tssp4038/vishay

99 cents each, free ground shipping. I ordered from them previously with good service & speed, so thus far they're right up there with Digikey & Mouser. You might add Arrow.com to your searches next time you're looking for a part to compare costs.

Not sure if free ship is the norm, IIRC I paid shipping last time.

Carpe freeship!

Publison

erco wrote: »

I just hoarded all 9 TSSP4038s in stock from Arrow.com. (Although their site still says 9 in stock...) I've been burning through these guys like nobody's business since I discovered that they can drive my favorite Aromat TF2-5V relay directly. That makes the world's simplest IR remote control trigger with just 2 parts.

https://www.arrow.com/en/products/tssp4038/vishay

99 cents each, free ground shipping. I ordered from them previously with good service & speed, so thus far they're right up there with Digikey & Mouser. You might add Arrow.com to your searches next time you're looking for a part to compare costs.

Not sure if free ship is the norm, IIRC I paid shipping last time.

Carpe freeship!

Seems like a popular device. I ordered 20 last March from Mouser when there were 9,000 in stock. Stock is zero with 49,737 on order. Arrow shows zero also. Digikey shows 9,811 in stock.

Publison

Any interest in these? 10 for two bucks:

http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G6042

erco

Good price, although not continuous signal compatible. Fine for use with IR remote controls. BTW that's a 36 kHz module, so efficiency may be down a bit with most 38 khz remotes.

Ebay has ten 1838 receivers (38 khz) for 85 cents shipped: http://www.ebay.com/itm/10PC-HOT-Universal-IR-Infrared-Remote-Receiver-38KHz-VS1838B-TL1838-For-Arduino-/162345416385

Goldmine's shipping costs often undo their savings.