Part Information Display

The PartQuest Portal application displays part information in a short-description format that you can expand to display more details. Part information appears from search results, or when you list parts stored in your projects or favorites locations. You can access a manufacturer’s datasheet or the Digi-Key website page for the part, by clicking buttons and links in the part description.

Part Information Header

The part information header displays a summary of the part search result and buttons to take action on selected part rows. Numbered callouts in the following figure correspond to matching descriptions in Table 1.



Table 1. Part Information Header Items

#

Description

1

Displays the number of manufacturer part numbers (MPNs) showing and total number of parts of the search result.

2

Click either Select All or Select None to control the selection/deselection of all the parts in the list.

3

Click any of the Favorites, Add to Project, or Download buttons to execute a batch action on all selected parts.

Also see “Saving and Accessing Favorite Parts”, “Viewing and Managing Projects”, “Saving Parts to a Project”, and “Downloading and Accessing Part Data”.

Short Description

You can customize the short-description to choose which details you want to display, or you can perform a number of actions on the selected part. Numbered callouts in the following figures correspond to matching descriptions in Table 2.



Table 2. Short Description Items

#

Description

1

Displays favorite, project, and download buttons for a part:

  • Add to favorites button () — When clicked, adds the selected part to your Favorites page for convenient access later.

    Also see “Saving and Accessing Favorite Parts”.

  • Project button () — When clicked, adds the selected part to a My Projects page. If you do not have an existing project, you are prompted to create one. If you have one or more existing projects, you are prompted to select which project will receive the selected part.

    Also see “Viewing and Managing Projects” and “Saving Parts to a Project”.

  • Download button () — When clicked, starts the download process on the selected part. If you have not assigned this part to a partition, a Partitions popup dialog box prompts you to make an assignment.

    For more information on importing part data into a library, search for “EDX package” and “PartQuest” in your data management tool’s online help and documentation. For information on adding PartQuest Portal parts to a project, search for “PartQuest” in your design entry tool’s online help and documentation.

2

Displays the Drag & Drop icon () for a created part.

Also see “Downloading and Accessing Part Data”.

3

Displays an image of a part.

Note:

Images are for representation only. Obtain exact specifications from the product data sheet.

4

Displays models available for a part:

  • Symbol/Footprint icon () — Indicates the part information includes an eCAD model. If a symbol or footprint does not exist, you can request them from a symbol/footprint supplier or create a custom symbol and footprint.

    See “Symbol Management” and “Footprint Management”.

  • 3D Model icon () — Indicates that the part information includes a 3D model. It is downloaded with the eCAD model.

  • IBIS icon () — Indicates that an IBIS simulation model is available for HyperLynx SI/PI.

    For more information on downloading IBIS simulation models, search for “PartQuest Portal” in the HyperLynx Help.

    Note:

    Requires the PartQuest Portal Essential subscription tier.

Also see “Downloading and Accessing Part Data”.

5

Displays the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance and lead free (Pb-free) status of a part. You can hover over the RoHS / Lead Free icon for more information. In some cases, the status indicates that you should request verification of status.

6

Part information columns.

You can open the part listing on the Digi-Key website by clicking the Digi-Key Part Number field of a part.

You can reorder columns by clicking the gear button () and selecting an different information field from the popup list.

You can sort search results by clicking a column heading.

7

Displays the pdf datasheet button () of a part.

You can either open or save the selected part datasheet to your system. Most parts have a datasheet. If a part does not have a datasheet, the button may direct you to the manufacturer’s website for more information.

8

Displays the more or less button for a part:

  • More button () — When clicked, the selected part description expands to include more information. See “Detailed Description”.

  • Less button () — When clicked, the selected part description contracts to show only the short description.

You can expand all part descriptions by clicking () in the column header.

Detailed Description

The detailed part description provides additional information about a part and repeats some of the actions available from the short description. Numbered callouts in the following figure correspond to matching descriptions in Table 3.



Table 3. Detailed Description Items

Description

1

Displays part information provided by Digi-Key and the part manufacturer.

2

Choose Symbol button — When clicked, displays the Choose Symbol dialog box, enabling you to choose a symbol for the selected part.

If a symbol is associated with the part, either a thumbnail of the symbol appears to the left of the button (hover over it to enlarge it), or one of the following icons display, indicating that EDA data are available for this part:



Note:

The symbol/footprint supplier, SamacSys, limits the number of symbol and footprint downloads per day to 200 symbols and footprints in a 24 hour period. The supplier provides 3D models with many discrete parts. Downloading a symbol, footprint, and 3D model (when available) constitutes 1 download in the 200 daily limit.

3

Choose Footprint button — When clicked, displays the Choose Footprint dialog box, enabling you to choose a footprint1 for the selected part.

If a footprint is associated with the part, either a thumbnail of the footprint appears to the left of the button, or one of the following icons display, indicating that EDA data are available for this part:



4

Displays the tool flow and download partition specified for a part. When clicked, displays the Partitions: tool flow dialog box. Use the dialog box to choose or remove a partition.