AERI recently received this lot of MC12015P’s which were obvious counterfeits. There were parts from the same lot code with completely different fonts and textures of plastic. After an acetone wipe some of the parts revealed an earlier “ghost” marking.
Robb Hammond is the founder and CEO of AERI, an independent electronic component distributor operating since 1994. He is a founding member and former committee chair of SAE AS6081, the counterfeit-avoidance standard for independent distributors adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense, and a recognized authority on counterfeit detection.
