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I’m considering this LED for a production design, and the datasheet specifies three forward-voltage bins at 1 A: A1 = 2.7–2.9 V, A2 = 2.9–3.1 V, and A3 = 3.1–3.3 V. However, the DigiKey listing only shows the base part number (3010-AG3535C-YRR-1000mA-H1) without any apparent bin suffix. Can anyone confirm whether DigiKey’s stock is guaranteed to be a particular Vf bin, whether it may contain a mix of bins, or if it’s possible to request/order a specific Vf bin (especially A1) through DigiKey?
Please let me know. Thanks!
@ishanj1604
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We are not able to accommodate checking our stock for a specific version. You can include in the notes of your order the version/revision you’re looking for, and we’ll do our best to fulfill your request.
LED products sold by DigiKey are offered at the level of granularity indicated by the manufacturer’s ordering code. Requests for specific bins or bin code(s) of available stock are not supported.
Natural variability in materials and process leads to inconsistency in LED products that can be undesirable. Typical industry practice for coping with this is to sort product into groups by observed characteristics and shipping only one product group (“bin”) per reel, enabling users to adapt at time of assembly if needed, such as by making adjustments to drive current level.
The datasheet for the product in question indicates that 18 different bins (3x3x2) are defined. If each has an equal statistical likelihood, then supporting requests for specific bins would require stocking product in volumes 18 times greater than the order quantity to be supported.
Alternatively, that same equal-probability assumption would suggest a three-fold increase in price of the product to accommodate delivery of a single Vf bin.
Additionally, the item in question is a Marketplace product, meaning that it is fulfilled by the supplier directly. DigiKey has no visibility into bin code information for products supplied in this manner.
Hey, thank you so much for such a detailed explanation, makes sense, helps a lot! Is the In-Stock figure for the stocks of DigiKey or from the supplier (Solidite)? Regardless, I suppose there’s no way to determine what the distribution of the bin combinations is there in those 500.
I was wondering though, if this is a marketplace product and is directly fulfilled by the supplier, is it possible that they would be able to fulfill my specific order? Should I speak with them about this, if I can get a specific bin combination when I order through DigiKey at DigiKey’s price?
Please let me know what you think. Thanks!
Hello,
You would need to contact the “Marketplace” supplier direct to see if they would be able to support specific bin codes. You would also need to chat with them on whether you can coordinate an order through us for a specific bin from them.
DigiKey does not stock marketplace products; orders for items listed as such are fulfilled by the supplier, and stock levels reflected on the DigiKey site represent information provided by that supplier to DigiKey. The accuracy of such data has been observed to be questionable in numerous instances, and as a result I advise against taking it at face value.
Again, typical industry practice is to ship only one bin code per reel of product. Page 7 of the datasheet indicates that the standard reel quantity is 500 units, so if the indicated stock figure is correct, it would likely represent a single reel of product consisting of a single bin code.
Suppliers may choose to accommodate such a request, but for the reasons discussed previously it would most likely come at a significant price premium, if supported at all.
Again, LED products sold by or through DigiKey are offered at the level of granularity specified by the manufacturer’s ordering code. Because the part number in question includes all defined bins, requests for specific bins, bin subsets, or information about bins of available stock are not supported.
In the unlikely event that a supplier chooses to make an up-sorted product offering available through DigiKey, it would require the manufacturer to issue a separate ordering code with its own price schedule.
I would advise adapting your design/process to accommodate the stated range of product variability.
Obtaining product outside of a manufacturer’s published ordering codes would involve a lot of administrative hassle, and most likely a minimum order quantity in million-dollar+ territory on NCNR terms with unit prices that reflect the degree of specificity desired.
I see this same general question come up once a month perhaps, but I don’t recall a single instance over the past 20 years where a customer has chosen to proceed after the above has been explained.
This helps a lot! Thank you so much for making it pretty clear. And thanks for being patient, I realise I was being quite repetitive there!
And I agree with you, I have another one in mind, not as intense as this one, but much easier to work with, so I’ll just go with that.
