hello again,
I just received an update on my support request regarding STM8 long-term
availability. Seems like the situation is much better than initially
reported!
Under the below link please find a list of devices with guaranteed 10y+
availability and corresponding starting date. At first glance it
contains most if not all STM8 devices with a renewed starting date of
Jan 2021 --> availability is guaranteed at least until 2031 :-)
https://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/about/quality-and-reliability/product-longevity.html#10-year-longevity§ion=FM141-10-year
<https://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/about/quality-and-reliability/product-longevity.html#10-year-longevity§ion=FM141-10-year>
Regards, Georg
Am 14.05.21 um 09:08 schrieb Georg Icking-Konert:
the current semiconductor shortage and non-availability of STM8
devices had me think about long-term availability...
On the STM8 product page
<https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm8-8-bit-mcus.html>
and a sales brochure
<https://www.st.com/resource/en/brochure/brstm8.pdf> I had read about
a "10 years longevity commitment", but failed to find the details,
namely the starting date. Therefore I contacted STM support directly.
Unfortunately the reply is not as I expected, so I thought I should
share the information.
Here's my question to the STM support:
for some projects I am considering to use your STM8S
microcontrollers, but I am a bit concerned about remaining product
lifetime.
Page 3 of your sales brochure
(https://www.st.com/resource/en/brochure/brstm8.pdf) promises "a
minimum longevity of 10 years for its STM8 microcontrollers",
but it doesn't state a specific date. Does that mean that the 10
years will start whenever STM officially announces the termination of
the STM8 controller, i.e.
at least 10 years from now on? In other words, is it safe to start a
design with long product lifetime based on STM8?
And here's their response:
to guarantee the longevity, you have to contact the sales person of
ST and ask him for declaration of longevity for the specific
salestype. We shall not terminate the production for salestypes under
such agreements.
The other salestypes may be terminated, if they don't justify their
production long-term, and Product Termination Notice to current
customers is sent.
So the "10 years longevity commitment" doesn't mean that all STM8
devices will be available at least until 2031. Rather you have to
contact STM sales for a specific device and the corresponding start
date of the 10 years period. If you're lucky the device is in that
program, else bad luck.
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