Post by thread:Quiz: what is the ND in DigiKey parts numbers ?

<Tal muses> > Have you wondered ND in DigiKey part numbers stand for ? Yup. I believe it stood for "Not Discounted" when there were dollar volume and special account discounts. "ND" items where not applied towards the purchaser's discount. Win Wiencke -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

> Have you wondered ND in DigiKey part numbers stand for ? > > Can you guess ? > > No cheating please ;-) > > I do have the official answer from DigiKey. I thought I heard it stood for "North American Distribution", but don't remember where I heard that. If true, then catalogs for other areas should have other suffixes. ***************************************************************** Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

"No Discount" Bob Ammerman RAm Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tal" <spam_OUTtalTakeThisOuTZAPTA.COM> To: <.....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 11:20 AM Subject: [EE]: Quiz: what is the ND in DigiKey parts numbers ? {Quote hidden}> Have you wondered ND in DigiKey part numbers stand for ? > > Can you guess ? > > No cheating please ;-) > > I do have the official answer from DigiKey. > > Tal > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

Back in the early '80's, when their catalog was only about 24 pages, DigiKey offered discounts from 5% to 20% depending upon your total purchase. If you ordered components in quantity discounts, the total discount would not apply. Therefore the -ND suffix tagged the quantity discount price. It wasn't long before the parts prices were low enough and just about everything wasn't discounted anymore. Except for some closeout items. A visit to DigiKey told of the reason for leaving the -ND on everything. Many times a magazine articles parts list of a project would specify a component with the -ND suffix. This tells the reader and anyone else that the part was available from DigiKey and that that was the DigiKey part number. I worked in an enginnering department for a large electronics firm. The purchasing agent knew right away where to order parts from if other engineers or myself brought in a list of components to be bought for their R&D project. Rick C. "No Discount" Bob Ammerman RAm Systems {Original Message removed}