The Great Search: Coin Cell Battery Holder + Lead Time Trends
July 13, 202111m 42s
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Show Notes
For our RTC QT breakouts, we want to add a coin cell holder on the back. I like these bent metal ones, they are inexpensive, easy to pick and place or hand solder, and are incredibly durable - they don't corrode or get loose over time (and if they did you could bend them right back!)
See them at https://www.digikey.com/short/h9fp34qj
Also, thanks to Jeff Epler for pointing out a nifty 'lead time trends' page over on https://www.digikey.com/en/resources/reports/lead-time-trends you can see the effect of the silicon shortage on the 'Microcontroller / FPGA' section!