Datasheets.org.uk

Good ideas

Almost as much data as partminer. The price guide is accurate for the parts I tried too. I'm slightly sceptical about some of the cross-references but most I tried seem ok.

Good work!

Some users create programs to systematically download every PDF file. While we are testing this we have limited the site to 50 views per day.

Yes, that problem will be addressed. Instead of having 0 views available the user will be able to type in a security code for more downloads. This will prevent automated downloader's while still making content available.

re: IAN Some prices may be expensive but they are a reflection of the prices displayed on the websites of Digi-key, Farnell, RS, Gerber, Futelec and hundreds more.

What's this "maximum guest views 50, current guest views X" business?

Paul Burke

Fairy nuff.

Paul Burke

How about adding a link to search

Don't know where you get your parts from but even if these are just one off prices they seem a bit steep to me. And who needs one of prices anyway?

Ian

Is this smart enough to not treat multiple users of an ISP puts them through a proxy as being all the same person? - I don't know the technical details of how proxies work, but have seen this occasionally cause problems for users of a few freeware download sites.

Thats not true. You can assess each resource by entering wildcards in the search.

Partminer 12 Million Datasheets.org.uk 5.20 Million DatasheetArchive.com 2.3 Million Alldatasheet.com 1.07 Million Chipdocs.com 701,010 Datasheets4u.com 523,031 Datasheetcatalog.com 280,758 Chipcatalog.com 253,733

The datasheets.org.uk database has 5.2 million records. 2,815,959 unique part numbers.

See 2N2222A on the site for example:

We have 1 price, 23 datasheets, 1 specsheet, and 96 cross reference suggestions for this part.

You are very proud of yourselves, but you're spreading a steamy stinking product when you take an openly-available datasheet from a manufacturer's website, etc., and lock it after adding your own front page. Furthermore, you lock it so completely the user can't even add a note (availability, cost, issues to consider), or excerpt one page with information documenting a design, etc.

Shame on you, I say.

Thanks for the reply Win. I respect your opinion and I did take note when you mentioned this in an earlier post. We will be un-locking the documents sometime in the near future.

On reflection it wasn't a good idea but there were a few reasons for us to lock them:

Mainly that we get users downloading thousands of datasheets for their own datasheet websites. We spend a lot of money developing our database and rely on repeat visitors to keep going.

An example: recently we received over 50 unsorted old manufacturer CDs/DVDs from Matthieu

Without the header page our site would get no recognition for this work. Especially since these datasheets get copied onto the other datasheet sites.

Still no listing for the NEC MC-5800. I.ve treid it on every datasheet database I've seen.

I recognize that was your reason, but you recognize that locking the datasheets was a bad idea and are going to unlock them; that's good.

Let me suggest you consider placing your one-page notice at the end of the datasheet's pages, rather than in front, where it's a massive in-your-face irritation, not unlike a blinking pop-up ad. That way, you'll get your message out, yet your regular users won't be tempted to remove that page like they may if left at front. OTOH, if you *insist* on leaving it at the front, then do improve its appearance and add to it useful information you've compiled, like the part's basic properties, typical price, alternate parts, etc. That way the user will find it a plus and even seek it out, rather than finding it an nagging irritation. You can place active links on the page, even including relevant advertising material, without irritating the user.

I'm going to see if its possible to add a page generated from our database into the pdf. One with cross reference & other info.

I'm not sure how to do it yet.

Are you surprised then? All these datasheet sites are just rip off each of another.

I wonder how many of these are just aliases of the same part - you often get several matches, which turn out to be the same device....