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| asmi:
--- Quote from: james_s on October 14, 2020, 07:05:05 pm ---It's a nice convenience that DigiKey provides this information on the label. It's simple enough to do, I mean the data is all there in the database, the system just has to be programmed to include the description as well. When I order from Mouser I often grab a Sharpie marker and write the component value on the label as I unpack the order. It's a bit of a hassle but it saves me a lot of trouble down the road. If I'm digging through a box of spare components looking for a specific value resistor or something I really don't want to have to look up the part number of each and every one to figure out what it is. --- End quote --- I simply order parts which have logical and known to me part numbering system. In particular, I use Yageo 1% resistors pretty much exclusively as they have good part numbering system - RC[SIZE]FR-07][VALUE]L, for example RC0402FR-0760R4L - size 0402, value 60.4 Ohm, RC0805FR-07750KL - size 0805, value 750K Ohm, RC1206FR-071ML - size 1206, value 1M Ohm. |
| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: asmi on October 14, 2020, 07:21:14 pm --- --- Quote from: james_s on October 14, 2020, 07:05:05 pm ---It's a nice convenience that DigiKey provides this information on the label. It's simple enough to do, I mean the data is all there in the database, the system just has to be programmed to include the description as well. When I order from Mouser I often grab a Sharpie marker and write the component value on the label as I unpack the order. It's a bit of a hassle but it saves me a lot of trouble down the road. If I'm digging through a box of spare components looking for a specific value resistor or something I really don't want to have to look up the part number of each and every one to figure out what it is. --- End quote --- I simply order parts which have logical and known to me part numbering system. In particular, I use Yageo 1% resistors pretty much exclusively as they have good part numbering system - RC[SIZE]FR-07][VALUE]L, for example RC0402FR-0760R4L - size 0402, value 60.4 Ohm, RC0805FR-07750KL - size 0805, value 750K Ohm, RC1206FR-071ML - size 1206, value 1M Ohm. --- End quote --- They have a good part numbering system - and the resistors aren't bad either! :D |
| eevcandies:
The problem with the labels is they are too sticky--you can only tear them off. I asked them a few years back to make labels peelable (but not too loose), or have a small portion that is peelable....so you can throw your resistors or caps in a parts bin/drawer and have a label to put on it with the description and maybe reorder number--basically the upper left corner of the label. I also suggested they could have a box you could check at checkout, where they'd print up a set of labels (matching your order) for some modest price (maybe $1-$5). A few times, I cut the bag with scissors & used glue sticks; it was ok, but would have been much faster to peel & stick. I have a few label machines, but don't like fiddling with to spend 3 minutes making a label. |
| ataradov:
DK used to ship a second label still with the backing paper so you could use that in your own inventory system. I guess they stopped because of overhead that caused. I personally just cut the label from the antistatic bag with scissors and put it inside the smaller standard size bags I use for lose components. This way the label is preserved and I don't have a ton of random size bags. Here is my entire stock of ICs. It is pretty compact and easy to search for things. And it does not take a lot of time to organize. |
| KE5FX:
We all have our preferred ways for labeling and storing parts in our own personal inventory, which is fine, but anyone who has ever worked with a factory knows that Murphy himself punches the clock on all shifts. If they can possibly install the wrong part, they will. Quality management in production is all about identifying opportunities for mistakes and confusion and ruthlessly eliminating them. The ability to check vendor (and factory) part numbers against customer-specified component values is a cheap line of defense against expensive mistakes. I don't miss those extra Digi-Key labels, though... they were annoying and not especially useful, at least to me. |
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