cheepest place to buy blank 328 chips.

[jonisonvespa]

hi
im in the uk looking to buy a couple of blank 328 chips to learn to burn the bootloader, the cheepest place so far ive found is ebay at 3.20 on the doorstep. ive looked in the usual places rs, rapid, farnell, they seem really expensive there do they get any cheeper than ebay?
thank you

[runaway_pancake]

Caveat Emptor - be sure that the devices that you buy are 328P and not just "328".

[jonisonvespa]

buyer beware, yes its theATMega328-pu chip

may i ask the difference between 328/328p

[JChristensen]

There was another thread on this, but Mouser's price had dropped since my previous order:

http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Atmel/ATMEGA328P-PU/?qs=K8BHR703ZXguOQv3sKbWcg%3d%3d

Pricing (USD)
1:       $2.50    
10:    $2.08    
25:    $1.95    
100:    $1.80

EDIT: I see Mouser is now out of stock.

[jonisonvespa]

price update, 3.0 pounds ebay.

[winner10920]

I just bought 3 328p off digikey @ $3.21 ea I think shipping was 3$ but im from jersey

[Chagrin]

No links to findchips.com?

http://www.findchips.com/avail?part=ATMEGA328P-PU

[E40racer]

Since I'm Belgian I can't buy from places like Mouser, Digikey or RS. I've ordered electronic parts from Tayda electronics in Thailand a couple of times. They sell the ATmega 328P-PU for 3,5$. That's cheap enough for me

[MarkT]

A while back I think there was a shortage of 328's I think, and I got a load of 168's which were much cheaper (and adequate for a lot of projects).  That was surface mount though.

[jaredpi]

I looked on digikey and they can ship to Belgium
http://search.digikey.com/us/en/products/ATMEGA328-PU/ATMEGA328-PU-ND/2271026
Price Break   Unit Price   Extended Price
1           2.88000    2.88
25           1.80920    45.23
100           1.60800    160.80

prices are in USD

[E40racer]

I looked on digikey and they can ship to Belgium
http://search.digikey.com/us/en/products/ATMEGA328-PU/ATMEGA328-PU-ND/2271026
Price Break   Unit Price   Extended Price
1           2.88000    2.88
25           1.80920    45.23
100           1.60800    160.80

prices are in USD

They have a Belgian website digikey.be but they only sell to registered companies. You need to provide a VAT number if you want to buy from them.

[RandallR]

Mouser has the ATMEGA328-PU in stock.  They are out of stock on the low power version ATMEGA328P-PU.
They claim to ship to Belgium for 30-40 US dollars and free for orders over $100. 
1:   $2.06   
10:   $1.99   
25:   $1.80   
100:   $1.70   
250:   $1.68   
500:   $1.63

So if you need 56 units (56 * $1.80 = $100.80).  You can go into the Arduino Chip business in Belgium.

[BroHogan]

Note: The Digikey link given is for the non-"P" version. It's tricky . . .
ATMEGA328-PU-ND != ATMEGA328P-PU-ND