From: George Herold on
On Jul 28, 8:43 am, Rich Webb <bbew...(a)mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:58:41 +0100, "markp" <map.nos...(a)f2s.com> wrote:
> >Hi All,
>
> >Just wondering what your favourite component search engines are (the type
> >that search the inventories or all the main component suppliers, and
> >provides a list of stock and pricing)?
>
> >I have used PartMiner before, but I believe there are other free types out
> >there. Which ones do you use?
>
> http://www.findchips.comandhttp://www.octopart.com

Those are the ones I use. I sometimes find that the search engines
will find parts at either Newark or Mouser that I can't find with
their internal search function. (weird.) Digikey has by far the
best parameter search.

George H.

> --
> Rich Webb     Norfolk, VA

From: John Devereux on
George Herold <gherold(a)teachspin.com> writes:

> On Jul 28, 8:43 am, Rich Webb <bbew...(a)mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:58:41 +0100, "markp" <map.nos...(a)f2s.com> wrote:
>> >Hi All,
>>
>> >Just wondering what your favourite component search engines are (the type
>> >that search the inventories or all the main component suppliers, and
>> >provides a list of stock and pricing)?
>>
>> >I have used PartMiner before, but I believe there are other free types out
>> >there. Which ones do you use?
>>
>> http://www.findchips.comandhttp://www.octopart.com
>
> Those are the ones I use. I sometimes find that the search engines
> will find parts at either Newark or Mouser that I can't find with
> their internal search function. (weird.) Digikey has by far the
> best parameter search.

Except for the "price" parameter :) Although the "qty available" column
can be a surrogate for this.

[...]


--

John Devereux
From: Phil Hobbs on
George Herold wrote:
> On Jul 28, 8:43 am, Rich Webb <bbew...(a)mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:58:41 +0100, "markp" <map.nos...(a)f2s.com> wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> Just wondering what your favourite component search engines are (the type
>>> that search the inventories or all the main component suppliers, and
>>> provides a list of stock and pricing)?
>>> I have used PartMiner before, but I believe there are other free types out
>>> there. Which ones do you use?
>> http://www.findchips.comandhttp://www.octopart.com
>
> Those are the ones I use. I sometimes find that the search engines
> will find parts at either Newark or Mouser that I can't find with
> their internal search function. (weird.) Digikey has by far the
> best parameter search.
>
> George H.
>
>> --
>> Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
>

That's my default method for finding datasheets, too. FindChips->Newark
or Digikey->datasheet link. Much faster than navigating the mfg sites.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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ElectroOptical Innovations
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From: Grant on
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:45:50 -0400, Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote:

>George Herold wrote:
>> On Jul 28, 8:43 am, Rich Webb <bbew...(a)mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:58:41 +0100, "markp" <map.nos...(a)f2s.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> Just wondering what your favourite component search engines are (the type
>>>> that search the inventories or all the main component suppliers, and
>>>> provides a list of stock and pricing)?
>>>> I have used PartMiner before, but I believe there are other free types out
>>>> there. Which ones do you use?
>>> http://www.findchips.comandhttp://www.octopart.com
>>
>> Those are the ones I use. I sometimes find that the search engines
>> will find parts at either Newark or Mouser that I can't find with
>> their internal search function. (weird.) Digikey has by far the
>> best parameter search.
>>
>> George H.
>>
>>> --
>>> Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
>>
>
>That's my default method for finding datasheets, too. FindChips->Newark
>or Digikey->datasheet link. Much faster than navigating the mfg sites.

http://datasheetcatalog.com/ is good for finding datasheets, particularly
if the device is not in the usual supplier catalogs.

Grant.
>
>Cheers
>
>Phil Hobbs
From: markp on

"Grant" <omg(a)grrr.id.au> wrote in message
news:62k1561k81a5vp3aqqghkbt6i0826q36pn(a)4ax.com...
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:45:50 -0400, Phil Hobbs
> <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote:
>
>>George Herold wrote:
>>> On Jul 28, 8:43 am, Rich Webb <bbew...(a)mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:58:41 +0100, "markp" <map.nos...(a)f2s.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>> Just wondering what your favourite component search engines are (the
>>>>> type
>>>>> that search the inventories or all the main component suppliers, and
>>>>> provides a list of stock and pricing)?
>>>>> I have used PartMiner before, but I believe there are other free types
>>>>> out
>>>>> there. Which ones do you use?
>>>> http://www.findchips.comandhttp://www.octopart.com
>>>
>>> Those are the ones I use. I sometimes find that the search engines
>>> will find parts at either Newark or Mouser that I can't find with
>>> their internal search function. (weird.) Digikey has by far the
>>> best parameter search.
>>>
>>> George H.
>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
>>>
>>
>>That's my default method for finding datasheets, too. FindChips->Newark
>>or Digikey->datasheet link. Much faster than navigating the mfg sites.
>
> http://datasheetcatalog.com/ is good for finding datasheets, particularly
> if the device is not in the usual supplier catalogs.
>
> Grant.

Thanks, I often find searching in Google for a datasheet pops that one up.
It's a bit incomplete though (e.g. ATtiny88-AU isn't there) but have found
other things I couldn't find elsewhere.

Mark.