On Thursday 06 May 2010, Dave McGuire wrote:
>On May 6, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Felipe De la Puente Christen wrote:
>> Sometime ago I was thinking that gEDA-users as a comunity could
>> request
>> a part search API-like system to the distributors. For example,Digikey
>> already has a fast-search bar for firefox, so they are not far from
>> what
>> I mean. But the useful way would be something like the GeoCode APIs
>> available on the web. So the app can build a part search request
>> from a
>> set of string, and generate the url to get the answers. A solution
>> like
>> that would allow every EDA tool to implement multiple itneresting
>> functions like purchase information from multiple distributors
>> based on
>> BOM info, and so on.
>>
>> I have the feeling that this could have good reception from companies
>> like digikey, mouser, arrow...
>
> This would be wonderful, wonderful, WONDERFUL.
>
> It would ROCK.
>
> In case I'm being unclear, I think this is a great idea.
>
> And I like it.
>
> -Dave
>
What he said, +100.
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