• Digikey data sheets

    From john larkin@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 19 12:11:26 2024
    It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
    and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
    useless.

    Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.

    They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately unavailable.

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  • From john larkin@21:1/5 to langwadt@fonz.dk on Fri Jan 19 14:44:27 2024
    On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:45:01 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:

    fredag den 19. januar 2024 kl. 21.11.38 UTC+1 skrev john larkin:
    It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
    and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
    useless.

    Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.

    They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
    unavailable.

    so they don't have any but if you really want one and are willing to pay 50k they will find one for you ...

    Yes. Digikey is almost a division of Ebay now.

    Most electronic parts distributors don't stock parts any more. They
    are sort of broker-reps.

    Digikey is useful as a multi-vendor search engine. But be careful...
    they make a lot of mistakes.

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  • From john larkin@21:1/5 to bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com on Fri Jan 19 14:38:04 2024
    On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:20:25 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 3:11:38?PM UTC-5, john larkin wrote:
    It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
    and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
    useless.

    Why would DigiKey host a datasheet when the manufacturer hosts them?

    And why would they bother to get them right?


    Businesses change hands and/or names so fast these days, it's understandable links go obsolete.

    They have a new unit of quantity, the bag:

    "Bag packaging indicates that a specified quantity of product is packaged by the manufacturer in a bag, sealed pouch, or similar container and sold as a unit without repackaging. It is also used to describe kits/assortments where components are packaged
    in separate bags according to part number or parametric value, rather than in a compartmentalized box or similar rigid container."


    Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.

    They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
    unavailable.

    That must be the super-bag size.


    Probably it's some part that a helicopter or something needs and
    someone has to have the exact part. I can envision some speculation
    going on.

    I've seen pretty dumb looking connectors for kilobucks too.

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  • From legg@21:1/5 to john larkin on Sat Jan 20 11:15:26 2024
    On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:11:26 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

    It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
    and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
    useless.

    Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.

    They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately >unavailable.

    They've always been off-site.

    It's just that the links are getting older and unattended.

    RL

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  • From John Larkin@21:1/5 to legg on Sat Jan 20 09:31:17 2024
    On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 11:15:26 -0500, legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:11:26 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

    It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
    and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
    useless.

    Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.

    They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately >>unavailable.

    They've always been off-site.

    It's just that the links are getting older and unattended.

    RL

    Some don't even go to the right company or part type.

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  • From Cursitor Doom@21:1/5 to john larkin on Sun Jan 21 10:30:35 2024
    On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:38:04 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:20:25 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs ><bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 3:11:38?PM UTC-5, john larkin wrote:
    It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
    and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
    useless.

    Why would DigiKey host a datasheet when the manufacturer hosts them?

    And why would they bother to get them right?


    Businesses change hands and/or names so fast these days, it's understandable links go obsolete.

    They have a new unit of quantity, the bag:

    "Bag packaging indicates that a specified quantity of product is packaged by the manufacturer in a bag, sealed pouch, or similar container and sold as a unit without repackaging. It is also used to describe kits/assortments where components are
    packaged in separate bags according to part number or parametric value, rather than in a compartmentalized box or similar rigid container."


    Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.

    They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
    unavailable.

    That must be the super-bag size.


    Probably it's some part that a helicopter or something needs and
    someone has to have the exact part. I can envision some speculation
    going on.

    I've seen pretty dumb looking connectors for kilobucks too.

    I've just come up with a great business idea: let's manufacture
    dumb-looking connectors for kilobucks! :-D

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  • From Cursitor Doom@21:1/5 to bill.sloman@ieee.org on Sun Jan 21 10:34:39 2024
    On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:20:09 -0800 (PST), Anthony William Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:

    On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 3:15:13?AM UTC+11, John Smiht wrote:
    On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 11:26:11?PM UTC-6, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 9:44:37?AM UTC+11, john larkin wrote:
    On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:45:01 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen
    <lang...@fonz.dk> wrote:

    fredag den 19. januar 2024 kl. 21.11.38 UTC+1 skrev john larkin:
    It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site, >> > > >> and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
    useless.

    Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.

    They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately >> > > >> unavailable.

    so they don't have any but if you really want one and are willing to pay 50k they will find one for you ...
    Yes. Digikey is almost a division of Ebay now.

    Most electronic parts distributors don't stock parts any more. They
    are sort of broker-reps.

    Digikey is useful as a multi-vendor search engine. But be careful...
    they make a lot of mistakes.

    So does John Larkin. His ideas about climate change are the most obvious ones, but there are plenty of others.

    Ya know, Bill Sloman, you are a true arsehole.

    Actually, John Larkin is. I merely remind people of his numerous faults.

    You take every opportunity to make hateful, derogatory replies to
    everyone you dislike.

    Have I ever been unkind to you? You are just as obnoxious as John Larkin, but haven't been infesting this group anything like as long, and haven't had the chance to do as much damage.

    You have a personality problem. Seek help.

    Not a plausible claim. I hang out with academic pychologists, and don't seem to worry them.

    Presumably because they're aware that psychopathy isn't treatable. ;-)

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  • From Cursitor Doom@21:1/5 to bill.sloman@ieee.org on Sun Jan 21 11:51:51 2024
    On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 03:00:10 -0800 (PST), Anthony William Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:

    On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 9:34:46?PM UTC+11, Cursitor Doom wrote:
    On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:20:09 -0800 (PST), Anthony William Sloman <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
    On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 3:15:13?AM UTC+11, John Smiht wrote:
    On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 11:26:11?PM UTC-6, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 9:44:37?AM UTC+11, john larkin wrote: >> >> > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:45:01 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen <lang...@fonz.dk> wrote:
    fredag den 19. januar 2024 kl. 21.11.38 UTC+1 skrev john larkin:

    <snip>

    You have a personality problem. Seek help.

    Not a plausible claim. I hang out with academic pychologists, and don't seem to worry them.

    Presumably because they're aware that psychopathy isn't treatable. ;-)

    Psychopathy may not be treatable, but you don't hang out with people who are prone to that particular disorder. It's not safe.

    A popular misconception. In fact, the vast majority of psychopaths
    aren't dangerous, notwithstanding well worth avoiding anyway.

    My long held suspicion is that you emigrated away from the UK for tax avoidance reasons, but the personality you exhibit here isn't one that would make you a popular neighbour. Lord Lucan seems to have left the UK after killing his nanny because he
    though that she was his wife - I doubt that you are that blue-blooded, but you do seems to be at least as English.

    You've clearly read some of that nonsense about me on uk.diy. I was
    actually living in Germany when I fled it for tax reasons. And there
    was nothing unlawful about that. As for Lord Lucan, I've no idea what
    you brought him up for.

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  • From John Larkin@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 21 06:38:27 2024
    On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 10:30:35 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
    wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:38:04 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:20:25 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs >><bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 3:11:38?PM UTC-5, john larkin wrote:
    It feels like the Digikey data sheets are now often links off-site,
    and those links are now often broken or plain wrong or otherwise
    useless.

    Why would DigiKey host a datasheet when the manufacturer hosts them?

    And why would they bother to get them right?


    Businesses change hands and/or names so fast these days, it's understandable links go obsolete.

    They have a new unit of quantity, the bag:

    "Bag packaging indicates that a specified quantity of product is packaged by the manufacturer in a bag, sealed pouch, or similar container and sold as a unit without repackaging. It is also used to describe kits/assortments where components are
    packaged in separate bags according to part number or parametric value, rather than in a compartmentalized box or similar rigid container."


    Plus, most of the parts are unavailable or insanely priced.

    They show several relays over $50,000 each but they are fortunately
    unavailable.

    That must be the super-bag size.


    Probably it's some part that a helicopter or something needs and
    someone has to have the exact part. I can envision some speculation
    going on.

    I've seen pretty dumb looking connectors for kilobucks too.

    I've just come up with a great business idea: let's manufacture
    dumb-looking connectors for kilobucks! :-D

    And fake the certifications!

    I think that someone may have already had that idea.

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