Polymer Lithium Ion battery charger MAXIM max1555 - why is this not available??

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danjel

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I tried to get a quote from Maxim to buy 350 of their max1555 chips but they rejected it since the part has lead in it and they won't sell to non-franchise distributors.

It seems crazy to me that this is the only battery charging IC I can find like this and they won't sell it to me.

The only place I have found it so far is at sparkfun.com and of course they are selling it at rip-off prices. Anyone know any other sources? maybe alternative ICs?
 
Thanks for the suggestion but neither of those are stocked by Mouser/Digikey and they are also more expensive (and too large... have extra un needed features)
 
Maybe tell us what features you do want, then.

Is it part of a battery powered device or standalone?
If it's stand alone, how about the MCP73833? I have a couple charges made with them.

If it's part of a device: MCP73871

Both of those are available at Digikey.
 
What about **broken link removed**? They seem to have them in stock.
 
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