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is one of those readers, and he wrote in to share a tip that helps him read up on the latest hacks without killing his eyes. For others however, the site’s design is a constant eyesore both figuratively and literally. The black background with its green and white text, while a bit dubious looking at work, is fine by me. Posted in internet hacks Tagged digi-key, digikey, greasemonkeyĮver since Hack a Day first emerged on the scene in 2004, the site’s design has been pretty consistent. Head on over to his project page for a much better demo of all the features for this really great tool. ’s project has been tested with Firefox and Chrome with Greasemonkey extensions. Clicking on the helper button and entering 5 V will select all the entries in the filter that contain a 5V part. As you know, selecting a part with a 5V input requires clicking multiple options including 3.3-5V, 2.3-6V, and 5-40V. After that is a ‘helper’ button for voltages. If you’re looking for pin headers or weird connectors, this is an astonishing useful feature that will help you select the right part faster. This is all the work of, and adds a ton of really, really useful features to the Digikey web interface.įirst up is a whole bunch of pictures right at the top of the search results.

A lot of online sources for parts are much, much prettier, but nothing a good Greasemonkey script can’t fix.

We all love Digikey, but of all the major component retailers out there, their web interface really isn’t that great.