Jeff Rizzo said:

>You _might_ be able to get samples from Maxim;  they're willing to send
>out many of their chips in onesy-twosy for free.  (Not all chips,
>though, and I haven't checked about this one)

Found this last night:

https://shop.maxim-ic.com/cgi-bin/Maxim.storefront/1099127113/UserTemplate/14

They will ship from 1 to many.
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