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API Spotlight: BOM Tool By Firefly Design
Denis Bohm of Firefly Design works on designing and manufacturing his own open source designs, with a focus on low power wireless sensing devices, activity monitors, Internet of things, and more. With...
View ArticleAnalysis: What Parts Are Circuit Designers Looking For?
Previously, we've talked about the types of apps using the Octopart API. Today, we're taking a harder look at user activity within one type -- EDA tools: #wrap { width:500px; margin:auto;...
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Rutronik on Octopart
Another one of the world's largest distributors of electronic components can now be found on Octopart: Rutronik.In just 35 years, Rutronik has grown from a one man business into the third-largest...
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Octopart Pocket Electronics Reference PCB
Ever wished for a simple way to read resistor color codes? Need an at-a-glance reference for common surface mount footprints? Then check out our crowdfunding campaign for the Octopart Pocket...
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Meet Octopart at ES LIVE Boston
Octopart is pleased to announce we are sponsoring the ES LIVE conference being held in Boston on October 3rd, 2013. ES LIVE is a free one day conference for sourcing and supply chain professionals from...
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Open Hardware Summit 2013
We're a sponsor of the 4th annual Open Hardware Summit happening today at MIT! I've been to all three previous summits and I've always come away amazed by the growth of Open Hardware and the quality of...
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Octopart Pocket Electronics Reference PCB is Funded
I'm thrilled to announce, that after only 9 days, The Octopart Pocket Electronics Reference PCB crowdfunding campaign reached 100% funding - thank you for your support! Happily this occasion has...
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API Spotlight: Aligni - Cloud-Based PLM and MRP
This is a guest blog by Jake Janovetz, CEO and founder of Aligni. Aligni Executive SummaryAligni is a cloud-based application for product lifecycle and manufacturing management. You can think of Aligni...
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Here comes Carlton-Bates!
Over the past two months, we announced the addition of a few great distributors on Octopart: TTI, Rochester, Richardson RFPD, and Rutronik. Today we're excited to share that the latest distributor to...
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Lifecycle Status Starting At $50/Month! (Try It Free)
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View ArticleData Transparency
Over the past few months we've been adding features and data to the new version of the Octopart API. Today I wanted to highlight what I think is one of the most important features of our new API: data...
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Octopart at ES LIVE
Last Thursday a few members of the Octopart team were up in Boston exhibiting at the first ever ES LIVE conference in North America. The conference was a one day event for sourcing and supply chain...
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Our Pocket PCB Reference Campaign Ends on Friday!
Just a quick reminder that our crowdfunding campaign for our Pocket Electronics Reference PCB is almost over! We've already surpassed our funding goal and we've started the production of the boards....
View ArticleLinks to Manufacturer Webpages and Free Sample Order Forms Are Now Available...
Our goal with the Octopart API is to open up access to part data for design, sourcing and manufacturing. To help design engineers evaluate components we've added manufacturer product detail links as...
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Electronic Component Purchasing for Manufacturing
I've been thinking about component purchasing lately as I talk with folks who use Octopart in their purchasing workflow. These conversations have illuminated some of the less visible corners of the...
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API Spotlight: BOMArchitect®
This is a guest post by Jan Keijzer, founder of Adeon Software HouseAnalyzing and processing the “unknown parts” in a BOM is for assembly contract manufacturers a major resource drain. For new product...
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3D Models now in the API
Attention CAD users: We're pleased to announce that 3D models from TraceParts can now be found in the Octopart API for a number of manufacturers. For now, the included manufacturers are Hirose, LEMO,...
View ArticleAPI Spotlight: Kinetrax, MRP Software Package
This is a guest post by Darren Onken, founder of Onkinetix.Kinetrax is an MRP software package designed to be a very flexible tool. It can be configured to do a wide range of tasks but currently comes...
View ArticleTexas Instruments Reference Designs now in Octopart API
We've been hard at work improving the Octopart API over the past year. In recent months, we've added compliance documents, manufacturer links and 3D models. Today we're pleased to announce that API...
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What Every Hardware Startup Should Know About the Electronic Component Landscape
In my last blog I gave a broad overview of the electronic component purchasing landscape. This time I’m going to dive deeper into some issues of particular interest to hardware startups. NRND - Here...
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