<div dir="ltr">Usually it's about the same as Mouser but with a worse search. I always compare prices on pots, encoders, switches, jacks, sockets, etc... I don't have any specific examples but do remember that one order I made last year was ~$40 less at Digikey because the price breaks were better. <div><br></div><div>N</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:58 AM, mark verbos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:markverbos@gmail.com" target="_blank">markverbos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Why does anyone like Digikey? Is it a Canadian thing? I also hate their search system.<div>I use Mouser for almost everything. They usually have the best price and the search engine is very usable. </div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></span><div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Mark</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 15, 2018, at 9:15 AM, David G Dixon <<a href="mailto:dixon@mail.ubc.ca" target="_blank">dixon@mail.ubc.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_3771025574785349770Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="m_3771025574785349770391571207-15082018"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Um...</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="m_3771025574785349770391571207-15082018"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="m_3771025574785349770391571207-15082018"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">I spent an hour on Digikey today. If you put in "Op
amps" and filter for 4 units per package in through hole format, you get like 21
hits, none of which include any of the opamps I'm already aware
of.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="m_3771025574785349770391571207-15082018"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">I'm just too stupid to use the Digikey thing for finding
parts.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="m_3771025574785349770391571207-15082018"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">The Digikey filter thing makes me want to kill myself.
That's why I come here and ask you guys. Cuz I don't wanna die
young.</font></span></div><br>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> James Grenert [<a href="mailto:grenert@gmail.com" target="_blank">mailto:grenert@gmail.com</a>]
<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 14, 2018 9:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> David G Dixon;
'SDIY List'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:[sdiy] low input bias current
opamps<br></font><br></div>
<div></div>TL034?<br>The parametric filtering on suppliers like Digikey/Mouser
is pretty good these days to find products with the desired
characteristics.<br>
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--------<br>Subject: [sdiy] low input bias current opamps<br>From: David G
Dixon <u></u><br>To: 'SDIY List' <u></u><br>CC:
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="m_3771025574785349770quote" type="cite">Hey Team,<br><br>I'm looking for opamps with the following
properties:<br><br>1) Through-hole<br>2) Quad opamp<br>3) 14-DIP
package<br>4) High power range (+/-18V, say)<br>5) Low input bias current
(10 pA or less typical)<br>6) Pin-compatible with TL074, etc.<br>7) Not
LF444 (cuz they all seem to be defective)<br><br>So, basically, I'm looking
for a suitable alternative for LF444.<br><br>So, here are my
questions:<br><br>A) Do you know of such a thing<br>B) How does one go about
finding such a thing, generally?<br><br>Thanks in advance!<br>Dave (Floating
VCA)
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