ST notifies termination of the following product: LIS3MDLTR

[tcseh]

We embed LIS3MDLTR on our board that we produce, because this has high sensitivity: 6842 LSB/gauss. This corresponds to 0.146 mgauss/LSB, if I convert correctly. The other products has significanltly lower sensitivity: 1.5 mgauss/LSB. What are you proposing to replace the LIS3MDLTR once it is discontinued?

https://www.mouser.com/PCN/STMicroelectronics_15054_1.pdf

Regards

[Tesla DeLorean]

You could always inventory a shed-load for your own use, there look to be plenty in the channel today.

@Peter BENSCH 

[Peter BENSCH]

Apart from the possibility of obtaining remaining quantities of the LIS3MDL from distributors, the magnetometer IIS2MDC and LIS2MDL are still available, but they do not achieve the fine resolution and therefore the sensitivity of the LIS3MDL. In this respect, STMicroelectronics is unfortunately unable to offer a fully-fledged or better successor.

Regards
/Peter

[Oleksii]

Are there any similar ST sensors on contacts with LIS3M.
It was somehow *** to make the LIS2M sensor different in contacts from the LIS3M, if it was expected that it would replace it.
And in general, it is not clear why to refuse an element that is in demand by clients.
Or the company orders them from third-party companies.

[Peter BENSCH]

The LIS2MDL is not an official replacement for the LIS3MDL, but merely an alternative proposal.

Components are discontinued when they can either no longer be produced to cover costs or are no longer in sufficient demand. It is often ignored that the production of sensors is extremely costly, which is why this only makes sense for very large quantities. How many millions of units did you want to order, for example?

[Oleksii]

Have you found an alternative with similar parameters?

[Uwe Bonnes]

We have used the AK09940A with ~10 nTesla/LSB and 18 bits