Component Lifecycle
Insights on electronic component sourcing, market trends, and supply-chain best practices.
Last Time Buy berechnen: Formel, Rechenbeispiel und 4 LTB-Fristen bis Januar 2027
Ein Last Time Buy (LTB) ist die letzte Bestellung, die ein Hersteller für ein abgekündigtes Bauteil noch annimmt. Die richtige Menge ergibt sich aus fünf Baust…
Diodes PCN-2838 EOL: BS170P, BS250P, ZVN4206A, Last Order 6 Jan 2027
Diodes Incorporated is discontinuing 31 discrete and analog part numbers under PCN-2838, including the BS170P, BS250P, ZVN4206A and ZVP2106A small-signal MOSFE…
onsemi PD27509X EOL: 150 Parts, 94 With No Replacement, LTB 10 January 2027
onsemi product discontinuance notice PD27509X, issued on 10 July 2026, ends 150 standard part numbers. The last time buy date is 10 January 2027 and the last s…
Renesas SRAM EOL 2026: 92 Part Numbers, the 30 November LTB and Their Replacements
Renesas End of Life Notice EOL260016, issued on 1 June 2026, discontinues 92 orderable codes of its asynchronous SRAM, from 256 Kbit to 64 Mbit, in both the lo…
Murata MLCC EOL 2026: 6 Withdrawal Notices and Their Deadlines in One Chart
Murata has six product withdrawal notices with deadlines that are still open or only just closed, as of October 2026. Three cover multilayer ceramic capacitors…
Diodes PCN-2824 EOL: 207 Zetex Parts, Last Order 28 Oct 2026
Diodes Incorporated PCN-2824, issued on 28 April 2026, discontinues 207 part numbers, most of them legacy Zetex through-hole transistors and MOSFETs in the E-L…
Fab Closures 2026-2027: 6 Shutdowns, Their Dates and What to Last-Time-Buy
Six semiconductor fab closures announced between July 2025 and July 2026 will take mature-node capacity offline from the second half of 2026 through the end of…
Obsolete elektronische Bauteile beschaffen: Leitfaden für Einkäufer 2026
Wenn ein Hersteller ein Bauteil abkündigt, beginnt für Einkäufer ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit: Die Restbestände im Markt sind endlich, die P…
NRND Explained: What Not Recommended for New Designs Means for Buyers
NRND means "not recommended for new designs". The part is still in production and you can still buy it, but the manufacturer is telling you not to design it in…
Electronic Component Shelf Life: How Old a Date Code Is Too Old?
Electronic components do not expire. What ages in storage is not the silicon, it is the solderability of the leads and, on a small number of families, the inte…
Product Change Notification (PCN): How to Triage a PCN, PDN or EOL Notice
A product change notification (PCN) is a manufacturer's formal warning that something about a part you already designed in is about to change. Under J-STD-046,…
Who Buys Excess Electronic Components? How to Vet a Buyer and Get a Fair Price
Excess electronic components are bought by four types of buyer: independent distributors, brokers, online marketplaces, and scrap recyclers. They pay very diff…