Another suggestion—sell these two ICs under different product numbers since they have different pin configurations. That way you’ll know what you’re getting.
I’m a huge fan of Sparkfun, but I got burned pretty bad on this one—I ended up losing a custom PCB and most of the parts on it. Shame on me for not double checking the number on the IC but I never thought in a million years I’d get the same part with a different configuration…
Product COM-00526 | about 2 years ago
Another suggestion—sell these two ICs under different product numbers since they have different pin configurations. That way you’ll know what you’re getting.
I’m a huge fan of Sparkfun, but I got burned pretty bad on this one—I ended up losing a custom PCB and most of the parts on it. Shame on me for not double checking the number on the IC but I never thought in a million years I’d get the same part with a different configuration…