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i asked the MIT Electronics Research Society http://mitERS.mit.edu http://mitERS.mit.edu if anyone used octopart and what they thought. here are the responses s
by diN0bot 17y ago
i asked the MIT Electronics Research Society http://mitERS.mit.edu http://mitERS.mit.edu if anyone used octopart and what they thought. here are the responses so far (sent to public list not just me personally):
"It's a great idea, it's useful, but it's a work in progress and not yet a replacement for searching distributor websites." -henry
"If you know what you're looking for and Octopart has incorporated it, you'll find it in seconds flat, and it's fantastic. Unfortunately, it seems spotty in terms of catalog completeness, and it is not as comfortable as browsing/guided search on, say, DigiKey or Mouser, so it gave me mixed results." -darwin
- cmos 17y agoI agree and disagree. Octopart is very revealing if you do low volume manufacturing had have been caught in the 'digikey convenience turbine'. Like any search engine, it's useless if you don't have the part. But there are a lot of core parts to a generic circuit board listed, so I end up using it quite a lot.
- andres 17y agothanks for asking mitERS for their input. please let everyone know to email me with suggestions on how we can help them search for parts (andres@octopart.com).