Octopart is a search engine for electronic parts. It was started by physics grad students who wanted a more effective way to find parts online.
Link: octopart.com
Developing on a native mobile platform such as iOS or Android is very different from developing for the web. In addition to the standardized development environments necessary to develop code, there is also the issue of posting updates to an App Store, waiting for it to be approved (i...
We are excited to offer the first application in the brand new Autodesk PLM 360 App Store! PLM 360 is Autodesk’s cloud-based product lifecycle management solution. PLM 360 users can now access Octopart through the new App Store and get part information for over 20 million parts, right...
Octopart builds tools to help engineers and scientists change the world. Our search engine is already used by hundreds of thousands of engineers to design electronic hardware and we’re just getting started. Join our team and help us solve problems that will impact the pace of technolo...
As we approach our 5th day without power here in lower Manhattan, I wanted to update our users on how we've fared here at Octopart during Hurricane Sandy. Our team members are all safe and doing well. Watching the images of destruction puts into perspective the small inconvenience of ...
Octopart builds tools to help engineers and scientists change the world. Our search engine is already used by hundreds of thousands of engineers to design electronic hardware and we’re just getting started. Join our team and help us solve problems that will impact the pace of technolo...
We've all personally had to deal with organizing our part datasheets in project binders or reading them ad-hoc on the computer. Today, we're releasing our new home-grown Octopart iPad application so that everyone has a convenient way to find parts, technical specifications, and datash...
Put it on a credit card. If your organization has an existing credit card with and the total BOM cost is within in the credit limit, you could go out on a limb and charge the cost of the entire BOM. This is risky because you might not actually sell all the units, or something might go...
Hey folks, I’m Greg Shikhman, and I am working at Octopart this summer as a software development intern. One big project that I’ve taken on is building a system for analyzing the historical pricing and stocking info on the 20 million electronic parts and counting that we have in our d...
