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Show Notes
Chip Shortage is a feature video by Adafruit's Ladyada to highlight items that are in short supply or possibly "unobtainium" (with no known return date to the market).
This week it is the Toshiba TB6612FNG Motor Driver
https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/us/semiconductor/product/motor-driver-ics/brushed-dc-motor-driver-ics/detail.TB6612FNG.html
Digi-Key https://www.digikey.com/short/t0nb29rm
Adafruit uses the chip for motor control
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1438
Ordered 18,000 in Dec 2021, still owed 6,000 pcs
Please ship those 6000 pieces
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