looking for a component ... apparently "out of print"

[TucoRamirez]

Hello

I'm looking for an analogue sensor for a compass ( KMZ51 from phillips / NXP )   apparently is out of stock on my "usual" component providers ( farnell.fr  digikey  futurelectronics ) instead of it i found a swiss vendor of a kinda similar sensor made by Pewatron (in a big ugly TO package) but i have no additional clues and no response from quotes...


btw I have the cmps03 compass latest updated new board with apretty ultra tiny smd new ci that replace that ol' fella ( btw i don't have any clue about that component marked as "3TFH 303DH  123 MLT ) , but for educational purposes ( to work with some students the topics of signal conditioning and mcus)  i need to buy the KMZ51 ... i need at least 50/100 pieces ...    

do you know any chinese reliable provider to quote about that component


thanks in advance

Tuco

[solutions]

There are a ton of surplus component brokers that come up if you Google for the part. There was a time there were some good ones in the USA.

Just be warned that there's no mfr warranty, there's a chance it could be counterfeit, it could have been removed from a production board (sometimes over an open bonfire), and you may have to blindly send cash out their way.

What about the robot shops like Pololu?