I recently ordered some sample microcontrollers from Freescale. The four little DIP16 chips came all the way from Thief River Falls in the middle of nowhere in Minnesota and in less than 24 hours they were in my hands. Interestingly they were originally manufactured in China. Anyhoo after 5148 miles I now have the little buggers and have to wait for the programmer to arrive which should be coming form where ever Elektor ship from. Below is a pic from google earth of where the UPS tracking data said it went.

EDINBURGH,
GB 03/21/2007 12:28 P.M. DELIVERY

03/21/2007 7:41 A.M. IMPORT SCAN

03/21/2007 7:40 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY

EAST MIDLANDS AIRPOR,
GB 03/21/2007 12:50 A.M. IMPORT SCAN

EAST MIDLANDS AIRPOR,
GB 03/20/2007 7:01 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

PHILADELPHIA,
PA, US 03/20/2007 8:24 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

03/20/2007 6:13 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

LOUISVILLE,
KY, US 03/20/2007 4:33 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

03/20/2007 12:16 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

MINNEAPOLIS,
MN, US 03/19/2007 9:47 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

03/19/2007 7:44 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

BEMIDJI,
MN, US 03/19/2007 6:40 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

THIEF RIVER FALLS,
MN, US 03/19/2007 1:08 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN

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