Component Search Engines

[markp]

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?

Thanks!
Mark.

 

[Rich Webb]

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.com and http://www.octopart.com

 

[markp]

http://www.findchips.com and http://www.octopart.com

Thanks Rich, just what I was looking for!

Mark.

 

[markp]

Digikey. If they don't have it in stock I'm very reluctant to use it,
particularly this year. My normal suppliers had better have some
pretty good assurances of supply if it's not an in-stock item.

Thnaks. I already search Digikey, Farnell (Newark in the US), RS and Mouser
to get some idea of availablity. Rich has pointed out a couple of search
engines that act as front-ends to these type of suppliers.

Mark.

 

[John Devereux]

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.

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[Grant]

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.

 

[markp]

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.

 

[Grant]

Yup, that's good medicine too. OTOH for design purposes one wants the
distributor parts!

Yup, depends if it's design or service work? I do the odd bit of
service work on industrial stuff.

Grant.