>Where y'all get cheap components from? Don't. If you can help it. I only buy from reputable sources. Okay, that's a big fat lie... we've been forced to deal with some shady brokers in order to keep production rolling long enough for us to redesign and re-spin boards for shit we can't get anymore. We're talking about being forced to shell out $80 per IC for some critical shit they suddenly quit making due to scamdemic. Has been a seriously rough last two years. Edit: Suppose I should also come clean that I've bought vintage ICs from China that I know some poor soul was probably forced to extract from trash PCBs for pennies a week.