New DigiKey!

OMG this is the best thing ever. DigiKey has upgraded their site and fixed every annoying thing

  • you can now search both through catalog sections and attributes at the same time
  • the stupid “in stock” button is now an attribute so you dont have to start all over if you want to check both in and out of stock parts
  • got rid of the ‘catalog info’ page: all on one screen
  • images (sometimes) of the parts – sweet!
  • still nice and clean

They still haven’t fixed

  • Search/order by price. So I have to do it by hand, which sucks.
  • McMaster-Carry style – flip between catagory searches (for specific parts searches) and catalogpage (to get a sense of whats available) views. So I will have to keep my paper catalog on hand.

Now that Mouser has just caught up with Old Digikey, what will they do next? And will Jameco ever not suck?

Filed under: EE,random — by ladyada, posted January 15, 2007 at 5:09 pm


Updated MIDIsense software, now for Mac too!

I fixed some icky problems (in wxMIDI!) and now the MIDIsense software is crosscompiling nicely between Mac and Windows, therefore there is now fast and updated software for both platforms. Rad! Download it now!



New SpokePOV software!

I’ve completely revamped the SpokePOV software for both Mac OS X and Windows. The interface is better, the image handling is nicer, the download/uploads are faster. There’s even a debugging wizard that will help you figure out why it might not be working.
If you’ve had any problems before, you should check this out! And let me know how it works for you – good and bad. (Just comment here or post on the forum)

Download it here!
http://www.ladyada.net/make/spokepov/download.html

The SpokePOV page also got a little reorganization, including a gallery! If you have pictures, send them to me & I’ll add ‘em.

Filed under: announce,kits,spokepov — by ladyada, posted at 11:44 pm


Using Mintyboost with recent iPods

Grr! Apple has updated the firmware and USB handling on all their new iPods (and upgrades) so that they do not play with Mintyboost so nice. There’s a simple fix on the Mintyboost site, (just moving a resistor) and this will be updated in MintyBoost v1.2 which is in the works as we speak!

Filed under: EE,kits,mintyboost — by ladyada, posted at 11:41 pm


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