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Octopart Octopart is a search engine for electronic components. This is what Octopart strives for. Focus on the important stuff: building the technology of the future.

Engineering tools should be as streamlined and smart as everything else in your life: as your phone, as your email, as all the apps that help you manage your day-to-day. Your work should be as efficient as possible so you can generate innovative ideas, design elegant technology, and manufacture at scale, all because you can focus on the right things. There should not be any distractions caused by

poorly designed websites, unreliable data, or unwieldy spreadsheets of haphazard electronic component information. You should be able to compare components, find important technical information, and easily grasp the spectrum of parts that will be a match for your design. Finding electronic component information should not be holding engineers back from bringing ideas to life quickly and efficiently. We believe that pricing, availability, technical specifications, and reference designs should be transparent, fast to find, and easy to understand. That’s why we create powerful, intelligent tools that streamline the engineering workflow and enable fast decision making. Octopart provides accurate and complete data for millions of electronic components in a way that makes it easy to find and compare parts.

When capacity, material, or stock is constrained, multi-year contracts and the relationships behind them stabilize suppl...
06/01/2026

When capacity, material, or stock is constrained, multi-year contracts and the relationships behind them stabilize supply. These agreements are now central to securing allocation and avoiding last-minute sourcing risk.

Companies that combine commercial agreements with supply-side visibility are better positioned to maintain production without overextending cost or inventory.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4fNXzOs

In this episode of the CTRL+Listen Podcast, host James Sweetlove sits down with Erlend Ravn Ryan and Karan Singh Sandhu,...
05/21/2026

In this episode of the CTRL+Listen Podcast, host James Sweetlove sits down with Erlend Ravn Ryan and Karan Singh Sandhu, co-founders of Bedrock, a Norwegian startup automating procurement for electronic manufacturing services (EMS) companies.

They break down how AI agents, BOM automation, and streamlined RFQ workflows are transforming the way EMS companies source components, manage suppliers, and stay ahead in a volatile supply chain environment. This conversation covers the full spectrum of challenges and opportunities facing modern electronics procurement.

Watch the full interview: https://bit.ly/4tJYBhT

Listen on all major platforms: https://bit.ly/4f5GpJx

Massive fabrication sites across North America, Europe, and Asia are no longer just blueprints intended to soothe anxiou...
05/12/2026

Massive fabrication sites across North America, Europe, and Asia are no longer just blueprints intended to soothe anxious shareholders; they are now the physical hedge against a world where global instability is the only constant.

We are seeing a structural shift where the ability to fabricate a circuit board or a semiconductor locally is viewed as the ultimate form of modern sovereignty. The industry has moved from the just-in-time model of 2010 to a just-in-case reality in 2026, where availability is the primary metric of success.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/437ShWs

The hardware renaissance is real, and no one is feeling it more than the shops building the prototypes that power it. In...
05/07/2026

The hardware renaissance is real, and no one is feeling it more than the shops building the prototypes that power it. In this episode of the CTRL+Listen Podcast, host James Sweetlove sits down with Amir Roy, VP of New Business Development at Imagineering Inc., a family-owned PCB fabrication and assembly shop founded in 1985.

Amir shares what 40 years of bootstrapped manufacturing looks like from the inside, from quick-turn prototyping and stencilless assembly to DFM checks. Amir also covers the surge of VC money flooding back into hardware and why he believes we're on the precipice of a full hardware renaissance.

Watch the full interview: https://bit.ly/4tk1gyA

Listen on all major platforms: https://bit.ly/4f5GpJx

Nothing wakes up a procurement manager faster than a line item going from affordable to unaffordable price, especially w...
05/01/2026

Nothing wakes up a procurement manager faster than a line item going from affordable to unaffordable price, especially when it’s a material you barely noticed on the BOM. That’s exactly what happened in 2025 with yttrium. What was once a rounding error on the BOM suddenly became a real cost driver.

This article explains how to avoid hidden material dependencies before they lock you in.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4tL9nW8

Overseas production remains the default cost-saving choice for electronics projects, but 2026 trade realities (tariffs, ...
04/27/2026

Overseas production remains the default cost-saving choice for electronics projects, but 2026 trade realities (tariffs, freight volatility, and supply chain risks) demand concrete numbers over assumptions.

This article features analysis that uses verified Octopart pricing for a production-ready 4-layer ESP32 NFC reader across volume production (1,000 pcs) scenarios in both the US and China.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4twEpRg

On this episode of the CTRL+Listen Podcast, Gabriel Guglielmi, Vice President of Global Product Management at Infinite E...
04/24/2026

On this episode of the CTRL+Listen Podcast, Gabriel Guglielmi, Vice President of Global Product Management at Infinite Electronics, explores the rapidly expanding world of unmanned systems.

From drone swarms on the battlefield to grocery delivery and first responder applications, Gabriel breaks down what "connectivity" really means in this space, and why it's mission-critical for every category of unmanned vehicle, from UAVs to underwater systems.

Watch the full interview now: https://bit.ly/3OrejjA

Listen on all major platforms: https://bit.ly/4f5GpJx

Channel integrity is built through a set of decisions you make during architecture, stackup, and interconnect selection,...
04/23/2026

Channel integrity is built through a set of decisions you make during architecture, stackup, and interconnect selection, and then verified through simulation, measurement, and correlation before and after layout.

This article explains what to spec for channel integrity and provides a practical checklist for high-speed links.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3QuuOMf

Teams used to manage compliance as a downstream event. But with the latest high-speed standards, the test matrix has gro...
04/17/2026

Teams used to manage compliance as a downstream event. But with the latest high-speed standards, the test matrix has grown too complex and the margins too tight for that workflow to hold up.

This article covers where each standard is pushing the hardest, what changes in the design workflow, and which component decisions matter most for first-pass compliance.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OyqACB

Octopart will be at the 2026 EDS Leadership Summit at Resorts World Las Vegas, May 18 to 22.For more information about E...
04/14/2026

Octopart will be at the 2026 EDS Leadership Summit at Resorts World Las Vegas, May 18 to 22.

For more information about EDS, visit: https://bit.ly/38Bcwjv

This premier event brings together industry leaders to engage in strategic meetings, explore new opportunities, and align on future goals.

Don't miss the opportunity to connect with the Octopart team and stay ahead of industry trends.

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