Post by thread:[OT]: Why I Like Digikey

I'm here in the US (AZ) and I've found Digikey to be indispensible. Here's why: OBVIOUS REASONS: 1. Has a high price but offsets it by almost ALWAYS being in stock. If you'll notice, this is ALWAYS the case with any commodity sale. 2. Has an excellent shipping department. These guys REALLY know how to get the stuff out on time. NOT SO OBVIOUS REASONS: 1. Bigger distributors have built their parts substitute sheet on Digikey's part number system. Just tell 'em it has to be the same as Digikey# xxx-xxxx-ND, and they'll be able to match it. 2. Digikey's prices are consistent. A design engineer can assume that the REAL price for a component is exactly 1/2 of what digikey charges for onesies. This makes estimating costs MUCH easier than the ol' days. 3. Their stock choices are relevant. They stock stuff that IS BEING USED, not pie-in-the- sky junk. If you are looking for a 3.3V regulator, you have a choice of going to Digikey.com or going to LT or National's website. But Digikey eliminates second-guessing about the actual price and availability. Just my $.02... which won't buy anything anymore.... --Bob --------------- NOTICE 1. This account can accept email & attachments up to 10M in size. 2. Federal Monitors: At request of client, some attachments are encrypted. Please DO NOT delay traffic; please reply with credentials for password. -------------- -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Not to mention their search engine is the best that I have seen by far.... Quoting Bob Axtell <spam_OUTcr_axtellTakeThisOuTYAHOO.COM>: {Quote hidden}> I'm here in the US (AZ) and I've found Digikey to be indispensible. Here's > why: > > OBVIOUS REASONS: > > 1. Has a high price but offsets it by almost ALWAYS being in stock. If > you'll notice, this is ALWAYS the case with any commodity sale. > > 2. Has an excellent shipping department. These guys REALLY know how to get > the stuff out on time. > > NOT SO OBVIOUS REASONS: > > 1. Bigger distributors have built their parts substitute sheet on Digikey's > part number system. Just tell 'em it has to be the same as Digikey# > xxx-xxxx-ND, and they'll be able to match it. > > 2. Digikey's prices are consistent. A design engineer can assume that the > REAL price for a component is exactly 1/2 of what digikey charges for > onesies. This makes estimating costs MUCH easier than the ol' days. > > 3. Their stock choices are relevant. They stock stuff that IS BEING USED, > not pie-in-the- sky junk. If you are looking for a 3.3V regulator, you have > a choice of going to Digikey.com or going to LT or National's website. But > Digikey eliminates second-guessing about the actual price and availability. > > Just my $.02... which won't buy anything anymore.... > > --Bob > --------------- > NOTICE > > 1. This account can accept email & attachments up to 10M in size. > 2. Federal Monitors: At request of client, some attachments are encrypted. > Please DO NOT delay traffic; please reply with credentials for password. > -------------- > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > ---------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.mywaterloo.ca -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

> > 3. Their stock choices are relevant. They stock stuff that IS > BEING USED, not pie-in-the- sky junk. If you are looking for > a 3.3V regulator, you have a choice of going to Digikey.com > or going to LT or National's website. But Digikey eliminates > second-guessing about the actual price and availability. > I use this one myself. Sometimes I am looking for a part, and they might have ten variations on it. Instead of investigating all of them, I just buy whatever they have the most of in stock. That has always worked for me so far. Alex -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

At 08:42 PM 7/18/03 -0700, Bob Axtell wrote: >I'm here in the US (AZ) and I've found Digikey to be indispensible. Here's >why: > >OBVIOUS REASONS: Here's a biggie - on-line ordering that's available anywhere there is a dial-up connection. Perfect example from this past Wednesday evening: I'm on site at the local football stadium and had a power supply fail. Swapped in my lab supply (I bring a dual 0-30V 3A supply every event I do there) and then used my laptop to log into the Digi-key website. I was on-line less than 10 minutes (this included searching out the most suitable model) and the replacement supply was in my shop the next morning. dwayne -- Dwayne Reid <.....dwaynerKILLspam@spam@planet.eon.net> Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 19 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2003) .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listservKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

On Friday 18 July 2003 22:56, Alex Kilpatrick scribbled: > I use this one myself. Sometimes I am looking for a part, and they > might have ten variations on it. Instead of investigating all of them, > I just buy whatever they have the most of in stock. That has always > worked for me so far. Note to self ... don't use anything Alex builds. :-) Cheers, -Neil. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email .....listservKILLspam.....mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

> > On Friday 18 July 2003 22:56, Alex Kilpatrick scribbled: > > I use this one myself. Sometimes I am looking for a part, and they > > might have ten variations on it. Instead of investigating all of > > them, I just buy whatever they have the most of in stock. That has > > always worked for me so far. > > > Note to self ... don't use anything Alex builds. :-) > Hey, as a quick heuristic, it is not bad. My logic is that, in general, I want the most commonly used variation of a part, because my needs are not esoteric. So when you see a list of variants for a particular part, and the numbers are something like: A: <non stock> B: <non stock> ... C: 2 D: 0 E: 20345 You can pretty much guess that variant E is the most commonly used part. Yes, I know this isn't a guarantee; that's why it is called a heuristic. Alex -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email EraseMElistservspam_OUTTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body