Three Websites Electronics Engineers Should Visit Daily

The Supplyframe DSI Network is the industry standard. It has over 70 web properties and is used by over 12 million sourcing and engineering professionals daily. It provides the basis for all of our Design-to-Source Intelligence solutions, but even outside of those capabilities, it offers numerous free benefits for engineers across all electronics verticals. 

Join us as we explore three websites within the Supplyframe DSI Network that engineers should visit daily to improve their workflow, enhance efficiency, and expand their knowledge of the components they choose for their designs. 

Three DSI Network Websites That Offer Free Benefits for Engineers 

1) Component Search Engine 

Supplyframe’s Component Search Engine is a portal that provides engineering and design teams access to hundreds of thousands of ECAD models, symbols, and footprints. The search engine seamlessly accelerates the component design cycle. 

Engineers can register an account to search and download models they integrate directly into their CAD system of choice. Supplyframe supports seamless integration with over 24 CAD systems, including Altium, Eagle, Proteus, Zuken, Cadence, and KiCad.

Another advantage of the portal is that a component search engine account does not incur service charges, fees, or payments. Footprints, symbols, and 3D model downloads are also free.

If the component you’re looking for isn’t available, it is incredibly simple to submit a request for a member of the team to build it for you. With an industry-leading turnaround time of 8 hours on average, manual model editing has become a thing of the past. The result is a highly accurate and thoroughly tested ECAD model by our content engineers.

Alongside the ECAD models, Component Search Engine delivers information about the parts and tools to help users find and verify the parts they are looking for. The tools include interactive 3D models, footprints, symbol previews, datasheets, attributes of parts data, and design risk rankings.

Users stay current with regular improvements and changes to their downloaded models by activating model update alerts. Users can request notifications of any changes from the model download page that are shared by email. 

According to a joint press release with Mouser Electronics, the real-time availability of these digital design models and Supplyframe’s distributors and component manufacturer websites have made Supplyframe’s ECAD models the de facto standard in the industry. 

“It’s abundantly clear that engineers worldwide rely on Supplyframe’s SamacSys ECAD models to craft tomorrow’s technology,” said Kevin Hess, senior vice president of marketing at Mouser Electronics. “Engineers download thousands of Supplyframe SamacSys ECAD models from Mouser.com daily,” he said. “This is a testament to these models’ value for engineers worldwide. That aligns with our mission to empower engineers to accelerate innovation and provide best-in-class design support,” said Hess.

Engineers can visit Component Search Engine today to register for a free account and begin using design assets to streamline and enhance their work. 

2) Findchips.com 

Findchips is one of the most well-known search engines in the global electronics industry. It began in 1998 as a tool developed by a NASA scientist. Over the next twelve years, the online search engines for electronic components reached an average of over 100,000 users per month. 

In 2010, Supplyframe acquired Findchips as part of its ongoing vision to provide real-time intelligence to electronics industry professionals across the entire value chain. Since then, Findchips has continued to grow and evolve, becoming a one-stop solution for those seeking information on millions of parts, including semiconductors, resists, capacitors, and more. 

Engineers can find datasheets, cross-reference guides, product life cycle information, pricing, and up-to-date inventory here. They can also compare and identify alternate parts that match form, fit, and function. A free account allows engineers to access pricing, inventory alerts, and other key features. 

Findchips has also become known for its advanced parametric search capabilities. From the home page, industry professionals can browse parts by category and use filters for highly specific results based on various inputs. Visit Findchips.com and create your free account today. 

3) The Datasheet Archive

Datasheets are among the most important documents for any device. They describe a product’s mechanical specifications, such as its footprint, dimensions, pinouts, functionality, block diagrams, supply voltage, and temperature ranges. They also include electrical parameters, power consumption, accuracy, speed, and other factors. 

The Datasheet Archive is the world’s largest free resource of electronic component datasheets and application notes. Over the past 16 years, Supplyframe has archived millions of documents from over 15,000 manufacturers for registration-free download. 

In addition, the company has published over 500 million datasheets, digitized tens of thousands of data books, and digitized over a billion parts, including obsolete parts, making them fully searchable on the Supplyframe website.

Join the DSI Network 

These three resources provide a glimpse of what Supplyframe’s Design-to-Source Intelligence offers. To learn more about Supplyframe’s industry-leading real-time intelligence, visit Supplyframe.com today.