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How to handle component obsolescence in successful long-term designs

I designed this power supply five years ago and it is still working perfectly in thousands of devices but now they want me to redesign it because the components are going end-of-life and I cannot find exact replacements.

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Your old design still works great, but now you have to rebuild it and can't find the parts.

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