I have been rather busy today… I bought some IC’s from Jaycar yesterday… They were advertised as being MAX232CWE, with the W meaning Wide. But they decided to supply MAX232CSE, with the S meaning Standard. This means that the width is completely wrong and the parts are useless for me. And now Jaycar has a problem. They have advertised the parts as one thing and they are another thing. My problem is that I layed out a board and now the board is wrong for the cheaper parts. Maybe I can get some from another supplier. Argh.

I got my phone bill today for my mobile when I was away. Thankfully most people emailed me or allowed me to call so the calls were cheap. Only something like $50. And my calls on VoIP were something like $5 including a $3 mobile call. Not bad for over an hour on the phone whilst going around the world. I love VoIP 🙂