Digi-key Catalogue Wanted  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: electrolux
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 12:05:18 pm
content: Is there anyway I can obtain a paper Digi-key Catalogue.

author: camallison
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 12:32:10 pm
content: http://www.digikey.com/us/en/environmental/environmental.htmlSee the section on catalog reduction - they don't print them any more.Colin

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 01:27:22 pm
content: Since their website is mostly simple html it wouldn't be hard to clone it to a db and then generate a paper catalog with picturesThey may even have a db file, if you ask them.

author: electrolux
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 01:55:23 pm
content: Quote from: Psi on March 02, 2014, 01:27:22 pmI want the full catalogue it's too many pages me to print.

author: mcinque
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 03:46:36 pm
content: Quote from: camallison on March 02, 2014, 12:32:10 pm

author: electrolux
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 04:31:33 pm
content: Quote from: camallison on March 02, 2014, 12:32:10 pmThat's just silly. do element 14 supply a catalogue

author: Chankster
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 04:55:02 pm
content: Yes.Only a quickgoogle searchaway.

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 05:46:09 pm
content: Quote from: electrolux on March 02, 2014, 04:31:33 pmYes. It's bloody massive.

author: linux-works
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 05:50:57 pm
content: I used to get the BH photo catalog in the mail. it was like a phone book!I'm pretty sure mouser also sent me paper copies that looked like phone books.you can't easily search paper, so I'm not sure why paper books that thick are even considered worthwhile anymore. this isn't reading material, its just a catalog and online catalogs are so much more useful.at least with mouser, they have online catalogs that have the same general layout a printed one, but it splits the pane into your order window and a catalog window. digikey does not seem to have this level of web programming.(OT: otoh, I placed an order with both at the same day and asked for the same level of shipping. digikey is going to be here tomorrow (order placed on thursday) while mouser has it still stuck in 'shipping it now' status. digikey wins, here, in shipping speed, at least.)

author: camallison
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 05:56:41 pm
content: Quote from: mcinque on March 02, 2014, 03:46:36 pm+1Maybe it is intended to look smart on the shelf above the workshop bench?Colin

author: linux-works
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 06:21:12 pm
content: the big phone book things are great to put under something you are drilling thru, to protect your table surfaceso they have that going for them. which is nice.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 06:32:03 pm
content: they also work well in the outhouse, as that is where all the phone books go to anyway.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 09:00:15 pm
content: Quote from: Chankster on March 02, 2014, 04:55:02 pmFor some reason Farnell (which is part of element14) doesn't have a catalogue. Or I can't find it... I really need to give them a ring tomorrow because a lot of things are much easier to find in a paper catalogue.

author: uwezi
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 09:38:18 pm
content: Quote from: electrolux on March 02, 2014, 12:05:18 pmDo you really want to?This is how the probably last printed version arrived at my office 3 years ago:It was sent in a mail bag...

author: uwezi
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 02, 2014, 09:47:31 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on March 02, 2014, 09:00:15 pmI completely agree - at least for most companies. It shouldn't be too difficult to make a good web catalog, but many companies simply don't manage.For example: in a paper catalog all items are sorted just by one category, e.g. chips or transistors by their part number. On a web site you can implement (and many try to) parametric searches and tables - but these simply su** most of the time.A perfect example how not to make a web catalog is the Swedish branch of Conrad (http://www.conrad.se). Here there is absolutely no sorting, whatsoever. If you find the section on through-the-hole LEDs for example you are presented by 5 pages of products, 102 items per page, which are not sorted by color, diameter, intensity, manufacturer or anything. Actually you can sort these by "product title", price (not a piece, but total price) and manufacturer.Every Chinese seller on eBay has a more structured approach.At Uppsala university we tend to keep paper copies of the local distributor Elfa's catalogs from a few years back as resources in our labs. They contained very detailed specs, pinouts of all digital logic chips (74xx and 40xx), many controllers, transistor comparisons etc. And it came in a hardcover book. Nowadays they still print a catalog, but it is about as chaotic as their website - which is still one of the better ones.

author: electrolux
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2014, 02:56:37 pm
content: Quote from: Chankster on March 02, 2014, 04:55:02 pmhow did you do that auto search

author: JimmyM
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 12, 2014, 09:20:20 pm
content: This work?http://dkc1.digikey.com/US/EN/PDF/US2011/Complete.html

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 12, 2014, 09:37:11 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on March 02, 2014, 09:00:15 pmI got one last year.I liked the chocolate Rutronic sent much more.

author: aroby
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 13, 2014, 02:13:14 am
content: Quote from: camallison on March 02, 2014, 12:32:10 pmThat's unfortunate. With large amounts of data, you really need both paper and online. Online is great if you know exactly what you need and also if the site has a good search engine that also has recommendations. But most are very poor for general browsing. The paper catalogs lend themselves to flicking through the pages at random, finding stuff you never knew existed and more easily finding alternatives.It's a similar situation today with maps. Most people use GPS, to get from one place to another. But they are hopeless in informing you of what is in the vicinity, looking at the overall lay of the land / roads etc. For that, you still need a paper map / atlas.Anthony

author: electrolux
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 13, 2014, 10:13:53 am
content: Quote from: aroby on March 13, 2014, 02:13:14 amI fully agree with you.Thats why I prefer Paper

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 13, 2014, 11:09:46 am
content: I take take full credit for Digikey ditching their printed catalog. It magically happened a month or so after my video on the subject.

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 13, 2014, 04:39:12 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on March 13, 2014, 11:09:46 amDammit Dave! They were my "restroom reading material"

author: electrolux
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2014, 12:57:27 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on March 13, 2014, 11:09:46 amDon't you say that to any more catalogues otherwise you might exterminate the idea of 'the catalogue'.

author: electrolux
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2014, 01:00:45 pm
content: Quote from: JimmyM on March 12, 2014, 09:20:20 pmIv'e already downloaded it, heap of garbage compared to a paper copy.