Just fyi, buying electronics during component shortages is generally a bad idea. Fake, rejected components frequently make their way into the supply chain. So even simple things like capacitors tend to fail at much higher rates over time.
That doesn't mean you'll be impacted, or that it even happened with the supply chain related to your purchase. But it's worth keeping in mind.
As someone who is constantly being interrupted lately these days on job from designing new product to track down "weird" problems caused by faulty electronic components on shit we're trying to ship... I have to agree. Holding off on buying anything myself until at least 4th quarter of 2023, but that could be pushed back depending on what unfolds in the near future. The techs normally like to just scrap boards and replace, but given that we've had to pay up to $80 per chip that normally would have cost $5, I've been having to troubleshoot and fix every single one.
That doesn't happen when buying new items from a decent hardware store that doesn't do second hand sales, its mainly an issue when buying or getting scammed with used parts sold as new.
Not so. Because of the market pressure and China as one of the main suppliers, fakes are injected into the supply chain. It's a huge and well known problem.
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