FREE TOOLS

ViewMate - an excellent Gerber viewer that accepts most aperture list formats.  ViewMate

Convert - a useful conversion program for converting almost any units of distance, area, volume, power, energy, etc. Convert

UltraCAD - a freeware program for calculating characteristic impedance for PCB traces. This site also has good technical papers regarding PCB layout.  UltraCad

WinZip - our preferred Zip utility  WinZip

FreeDiff - A freeware text comparison utility FreeDiff

These link you directly to the data sheets!  Don't waste time trying to navigate from their home pages.

ICs / Discrete Semiconductors:

Actel        Analog Devices         AMD        Atmel        Benchmarq

Burr-Brown        Cherry        Cirrus        Crystal

Cypress        Dallas       Diodes Inc       Elantec

Exar        Fairchild         Fujitsu         Harris / Intersil     

HP (Agilent)        Hitachi         IDT        Intel      

International Rectifier          Linear Tech          Maxim         Micrel   

MicroChip      Microlinear           Micron            Microsemi (Linfinity)  

  Mini Circuits        Motorola         National         NEC         OKI   

  ON Semi          Panasonic       Philips         Rohm

Samsung        Sanyo        Sanyo (Japan)        ST Micro (SGS-Thomson)

Sharp        SPT         Teccor        Vishay / Siliconix  

  T.I.        Toko         Toshiba        Unitrode         Xilinx         Xicor

Magnetics:

ACT        CoilCraft        Coiltronics        Fair-Rite

Ferrox Cube        JW Miller       Magnetek Triad        Magnetics, Inc.

MWS Wire        Pico       Pulse Magnetics        Premier

Signal Transformer        Stancor        Sumida        Toko        Tokin

Top Magnetics        Vishay

Resistors / Caps:

AVX       BC        Bourns        Caddock        Clarostat

Cornell Dubilier        CTS        Dale        Electrocube

ELNA        Evox Rifa        Illinois Capacitor        IPC

IRC        Jamicon        Johanson        Kemet        KOA        Mallory

Milwaukee        Murata        NEC        NIC

Nichicon        Novacap        Ohmite        Pacific Resistor

Precision Resistor        Panasonic        RG Allen        Rohm

Rubycon        Sanyo         Spectrol        Sprague Goodman        

Sprague Vishay        Sate of the Art (SOTA)         Tokin        TDK        

United Chemicon        Vishay        Wima        Xicon        Yageo

Connectors:

3M        Amp        Amphenol        Assmann

Augat        Berg/FCI        Buchanan        Cinch

CW Industries         Harting        Hirose        Johnson

Mil-Max        Molex        NorComp        OST

Phoenix Contact        Samtec        Sullins        T&B

Weco        Weidmuller        WPI Viking              

OTHER LINKS

 

CAD:

Altium - CAD system for schematic capture and PCB design

Pro/E - Mechanical CAD system

MicroCap - Analog Simulation

MathCAD - Mathematics

Part Vendors:

Digikey         Allied         Mouser         Newark        Arrow

         Future         Avnet              

PCB Fabrication:

Advanced Circuits        American Standard Circuits

Track Shipments:

FedEx          UPS

Magazine / Catalog  Pages:

EEM         IC Master         EDN          Printed Circuit Design

Sensors          Microwave Journal      Electronic Products

Customers and Friends:

Thola Productions

Iris Technology Corporation 

Max Q Systems, Inc.

Motorcycle Stuff:

PlasticWerks         ThumperTalk        MotoTalk         VitalMX       

Racer X Illustrated     LSR Photo Page     Other Photos