"legg" wrote in message
How about having a 7 day Black Friday sale, say $10. I'll buy one, and FWIW
I can put a link on my website. I have print copies of two of the Motorola
semiconductor listings from about 1975-1980 that go back to the 1N34 and
2N107 but a spreadsheet version would be nice. I have a folder with PDF spec
sheets of various popular components that is very useful but I don't think I
could legally sell it or even offer it as an on-line resource because of
copyright issues.
As a sample, here is how I have these PDFs organized:
http://enginuitysystems.com/components/
My components folder is 566 MB with over 1100 files.
I appreciate how much work you have put into your database. Good luck.
Paul
Like any tool, it's value is determined by application, not by it's
shape, weight or material cost. In the bush, it has little value.
The fact thyat there's no current widespread application is no
surprise. Reducing the cost to end users isn't going to change this.
Current vendors of similar info have their own strategy that thrives
on disorganization. So be it.
I expect that the proofread data will percolate eventually into the
ethernet. It won't be alone, though, or even identifiable. A 35M
spreadsheet doesn't lend itself to simple web viewing. Lots of
keystrokes required there.
You don't want to get into a 'mine is bigger than yours' discussion.
There are some nuts out there who store everything and anything. They
still end up web searching for new projects.....
For example ( and I'm not volunteering as an example of the nutjob
variety ) the semiconductor folder on this machine's HD alone has over
2,000 folders in it, never mind the file count. Components?
fugedabadit - that's on it's own hard drive.
Organization of this stuff is usually as bad as any catalog. I try to
fit as much formalized info into the file name as possible, to ease
search, retrieval and comparison.
The most useful place for any datasheet is in the project folder where
it has been considered for actual use, next to the spreadsheet where
features were noted for specific evaluation and multi-source
development.
RL