Osgeld:
fungus:
Osgeld:
- this is a great example of why I HATE sparkfun, they burned you for 4$ on a part you could have bought from a real electronics supplier for 27 cents
Plus they put it on a PCB. I'd like to see you pay the wages of the PCB designer, pay for the office he sits in, get it manufactured in small quantities, stock it, it and sell it at a profit for much less than that.
the part does not require a PCB as its commonly available in DIP packaging
Well, but you paying extra for a ready to solder some wires and use chip. No need of a breadboard.
Now, when you paying for something, and they sell you something that says "Note: The SER_IN and SER_OUT labels are swapped." then yes, they should took that off the site.