JoeN:
fungus:
OK, I tried getting some samples this week and I scored the following:Maxim:
2x MAX7219I am surprised they allow 7219s to be sampled. I thought they stopped production on that and instead are selling the pin-compatible and slightly improved 7221s.
They had both on offer when I was there. I chose the 7219 because I wanted the 'classic' version of the chip.
I actually asked for three different chips but they only sent two of them due to "lack of stock" on the third (I don't remember the chip number...)