Clicking on the "Order Online" button on the ADC12D1800 Reference Board webpage simply takes you to a National webpage; clicking on that "Buy Now" button takes you to a Digi-Key web page... that says "Product Not Found"
Is there some secret portal where these are actually for sale?
Regards, Neil P. Albaugh ex-Burr-Brown
Dear Marjorie,
thank you for your kind reply. I submitted an RFQ as you suggested. I'll keep you updated as soon as I have some feedback,
Best Regards,
Alessio
sorry for the question but, to date, I don't have received any answer from AvnetExpress. Besides then, on their webpage, the following statement makes me worried: "Not available in Europe" under both price and availability columns. I'm so sorry to bother you but, to be honest, we really need to know if we can count on that board or if we have to search for other solutions.
I guess it is not possible to buy directly from TI, is that correct?
Thank you for your attention,
Best regards,
Hi Alessio,
I apologize for your continued difficulties in ordering a board. There may be some issue between AvnetExpress in the Americas and Europe. I'm glad that we could sort this one out for you; we are working continuing to work to make the board available for purchase in all regions.
Currently, it is not possible to purchase the board directly from TI, but we hope that it will be starting this Fall 2012, as National's integration into TI become more complete.
Kind regards,Marjorie
the board arrived today.
We don't know how to thank you and all TI staff for your very appreciated effort.
Thank you very very much.
Hello Marjorie,
I was wondering if we could get an update on availability for this eval. board. We are in a similar situation where no one is reporting any stock (and the listed price differs from TIs pricing).
You seem to have a good handle on this. Do you have a suggested vendor that you know has stock and, perhaps, the part number if it has changed from what is listed on TI's site (ADC12D1800RB/NOPB)?
Thank you.
Jay
Hi Jay,
Sorry for your difficulties in ordering a board; it's been a big frustration for us as well.
You can order a board from Avnet Express, especially since you are ordering from the States; see the link below. We are also working with our other distributors to make the board available.
http://avnetexpress.avnet.com/store/em/EMController?langId=-1&storeId=500201&catalogId=500201&term=adc12d1800rb&searchType=&advAction=&N=0&Ne=100000&action=products
Although their website shows zero stock, we do have boards in box stock here at TI. If you place an order, Avnet will get a board from us and send it to you, so don't be alarmed about the '8 week lead time' which the web site shows.
Let me know if you are not able to get a board in hand fairly quickly.
Kind regards,
Marjorie
You are fabulous.
Thank you very much for the info, I will give them a try.
Jay.
Hi all,
If you are trying to order a GSPS ADC Reference Board for evaluation, there is some good news! The National Semiconductor products have now been fully integrated into Texas Instrument's ordering systems and it is possible to order a GSPS ADC Reference Board from the TI eStore. For example, see the ADC12D1800RFB:
https://estore.ti.com/ADC12D1800RFRBNOPB-12-Bit-Dual-18-GSPS-or-Single-36-GSPS-AD-Converter-Reference-Board-P3260.aspx
Note that this is also the cheapest place to get one.
Happy evaluation!