End-of-Life and Obsolescence Policy

PHYTEC Guarantees Availability and Compatibility

PHYTEC realizes that our insert-ready System on Modules (SOMs) can comprise a significant OEM component of your end product. We appreciate this trust in our products and strive to not only provide highest quality microcontroller-based subassemblies, but to also ensure the long-term availability of our embedded SOMs. As an ISO-9001 certified manufacturer, we regard this as one of our most important duties as a reliable supplier of embedded devices.

While PHYTEC cannot ensure continued availability of all microcontrollers and other components used on our SOMs, we endeavor to ensure fully-compatible migrations paths to second source and other replacement components in the event of the obsolescence of parts used on our System on Modules.

With our detailed knowledge of the electronics component market and through the following preventative measures, PHYTEC is able to remain largely immune to potential problems caused by parts cancellation and obsolescence:

In-house purchasing department:

Close, working relationship with component manufacturers and distribution
Establishment of Demand-Pull programs with customers
Maintenance of sufficient buffer stock of common components

Implementation of 100%-compatible second source or replacement components
"Lifetime Buy" of discontinued or obsolete parts
Board Redesign using similar components offering pin-compatible functional compatibility
Creation of a new design using new components

Please contact PHYTEC at support@phytec.com or via telephone at (800) 278-9913 with any questions you might have regarding our obsolescence policy, as well as any PHYTEC products that might be impacted by cancelled or obsolete components.

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