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From: Sergey Kubushyn on 30 Jul 2010 16:44 Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > Sergey Kubushyn wrote: > > [Digikey] > >> >> They used to have that database of the products they carry for OrCAD (I >> don't know if they still have something like this) but it was absolutely >> useless for me because I do not use OrCAD and even if I did it didn't have >> anything but their part no. and price -- no schematic symbols, no >> footprints, nothing. >> > > Farnell supposedly wants to integrate theirs with Eagle. They took a > pretty bold step in that direction in that they just bought the whole > company (Cadsoft). Good luck to them. It is still useless for me because I do not use Eagle either :) For DigiKey the idea of that database was simple -- once one finished his design he could use the final BOM as-is for ordering all the parts from them because they already had their part nos attached. --- ****************************************************************** * KSI(a)home KOI8 Net < > The impossible we do immediately. * * Las Vegas NV, USA < > Miracles require 24-hour notice. * ******************************************************************
From: Joerg on 30 Jul 2010 17:01 Sergey Kubushyn wrote: > Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: [...] >> According to Russian engineers I've worked with it is a country with a >> very deep cultural history, not just the well-known stuff such as the >> Bolshoi theatre or the choirs. Unfortunately now very messed up by >> organized crime and politicians, at least that's what they told me. If >> you want to design stuff or start a business with any chance of an ROI >> you have to leave :-( > > Yep, that is right. That's why I did :) > What I found amazing is how most of them still have their hearts in Russia. Not from a loyalty point of view but emotionally. One engineer's eyes welled up when he talked about how he picked up his kids from school for the last time over there. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Jim Thompson on 30 Jul 2010 17:07 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:01:18 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >Sergey Kubushyn wrote: >> Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >[...] > >>> According to Russian engineers I've worked with it is a country with a >>> very deep cultural history, not just the well-known stuff such as the >>> Bolshoi theatre or the choirs. Unfortunately now very messed up by >>> organized crime and politicians, at least that's what they told me. If >>> you want to design stuff or start a business with any chance of an ROI >>> you have to leave :-( >> >> Yep, that is right. That's why I did :) >> > >What I found amazing is how most of them still have their hearts in >Russia. Not from a loyalty point of view but emotionally. One engineer's >eyes welled up when he talked about how he picked up his kids from >school for the last time over there. All of the above coming soon to the US of A, courtesy of Obama and the Forty Thieves (excuse me, Czars). Those of us who can escape with our families will flee, then weep while we talk of what once was. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Friday is Wine and Cheeseburger Day
From: Joerg on 30 Jul 2010 17:08 Sergey Kubushyn wrote: > Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: [...] >> Back in the late 80s I had the minor Problem that the iron curtain >> hadn't fallen yet. Reagan asked Gorbachev a few times to knock it down >> but Gorbachev wasn't quite ready to get the sledgehammer out of the >> basement. An aggravating factor was that my knowledge of the Russian >> language consisted of the word na'sdarovje :-) >> >> So we had to live with whatever material we could get. And that sure >> wasn't much to write home about. > > They don't have anything worth writing home about any more... Back then at > their socialistic heydays nobody even thought about military components > price. The quality was paramount, each and every part was individually > tested, and QA guys could easily fail the entire lot if they didn't like > e.g. the paint color. There was no business relations between military and > industry, everything was paid for by the government. That's why nobody cut > corners trying to save on something. If it was told to be all gold, it was > all gold. > Some industrial stuff was pretty good as well. Not state-of-the-art but well built. I have three Russian bench supplies here. Ok, one died and took some other equipment to its grave. But they have well-built frames, fully potted transformers, the QC manual has every step stamped and signed by the person doing the test. Amazing. The panel is in German but was obviously done by someone who did not speak German :-) -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Joerg on 30 Jul 2010 18:36
Sergey Kubushyn wrote: > Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >> Sergey Kubushyn wrote: >> >> [Digikey] >> >>> They used to have that database of the products they carry for OrCAD (I >>> don't know if they still have something like this) but it was absolutely >>> useless for me because I do not use OrCAD and even if I did it didn't have >>> anything but their part no. and price -- no schematic symbols, no >>> footprints, nothing. >>> >> Farnell supposedly wants to integrate theirs with Eagle. They took a >> pretty bold step in that direction in that they just bought the whole >> company (Cadsoft). > > Good luck to them. It is still useless for me because I do not use Eagle > either :) > > For DigiKey the idea of that database was simple -- once one finished his > design he could use the final BOM as-is for ordering all the parts from them > because they already had their part nos attached. > Yeah, that would save some time. But I won't use Orcad, the Windows versions crashed too often on me and I do not like their licensing model, or their cost. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. |