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Author Topic: 32 Quartz Crystal Unit Manufacturers in 2024 ? Good!  (Read 1262 times)

Offline ThaDood

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32 Quartz Crystal Unit Manufacturers in 2024 ? Good!
« on: March 06, 2024, 2232 UTC »
https://us.metoree.com/categories/7177/   I was asking folks, a couple of years back, about the time that Jan Crystal and ICM went bye-bye, about domestic crystal companies. And, by accident I came across the preceding link. Good.
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is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he
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exactly the same, except that there is no cat.”
-Attributed to Albert Einstein, but I ripped it from the latest Splatter .PDF March 2025 issue.

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Re: 32 Quartz Crystal Unit Manufacturers in 2024 ? Good!
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2024, 1335 UTC »
All of the companies on that list are large manufacturers located overseas.  No doubt Kyocera or Abracon can make you an SMD crystal, but you'll have to order 100,000 units.

Domestically, you can try Bomar.  If its a common part, they can job shop it overseas and have them made in small quantities.  In this day though, better to look at other options than crystals.
http://bomarcrystal.com/

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