We could use an occasional parts researcher. Anyone need a part-time job? Maybe 5 or 10 hours a month.
parts researcher
Started by ●September 10, 2021
Reply by ●September 10, 20212021-09-10
On Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:50:57 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:> We could use an occasional parts researcher. Anyone need a part-time > job? Maybe 5 or 10 hours a month.What types of parts do you need to research? For silicon parts, your new staff member should be able to help.
Reply by ●September 10, 20212021-09-10
On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:19:27 -0700 (PDT), sea moss <danluster81@gmail.com> wrote:>On Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:50:57 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote: >> We could use an occasional parts researcher. Anyone need a part-time >> job? Maybe 5 or 10 hours a month. > >What types of parts do you need to research? For silicon parts, your new staff member should be able to help.A lot of connectors, hardware, passives, cables, relays, and of course silicon. Part of the work is to look into price, availability, and second-sourcing, maybe to read some data sheets and discuss needs with the engineers. I don't want any staff members to spend a lot of time looking for parts! I don't mind looking for silicon so much. All that other stuff is distracting. For example, I want to find a pre-assembled 10-pin cable to connect this LCD thing to a controller board a few inches away. https://www.dropbox.com/s/fd9y8d7rjxxbztr/VM800_3.jpg?raw=1
Reply by ●September 10, 20212021-09-10
lørdag den 11. september 2021 kl. 01.43.35 UTC+2 skrev John Larkin:> On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:19:27 -0700 (PDT), sea moss > <danlu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >On Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:50:57 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote: > >> We could use an occasional parts researcher. Anyone need a part-time > >> job? Maybe 5 or 10 hours a month. > > > >What types of parts do you need to research? For silicon parts, your new staff member should be able to help. > A lot of connectors, hardware, passives, cables, relays, and of course > silicon. Part of the work is to look into price, availability, and > second-sourcing, maybe to read some data sheets and discuss needs with > the engineers. > > I don't want any staff members to spend a lot of time looking for > parts! > > I don't mind looking for silicon so much. All that other stuff is > distracting. > > For example, I want to find a pre-assembled 10-pin cable to connect > this LCD thing to a controller board a few inches away. > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/fd9y8d7rjxxbztr/VM800_3.jpg?raw=1https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/221464801522 or http://dev.dirtypcbs.com/store/cables
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On 9/10/2021 4:43 PM, John Larkin wrote:> On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:19:27 -0700 (PDT), sea moss > <danluster81@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:50:57 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote: >>> We could use an occasional parts researcher. Anyone need a part-time >>> job? Maybe 5 or 10 hours a month. >> >> What types of parts do you need to research? For silicon parts, your new staff member should be able to help. > > A lot of connectors, hardware, passives, cables, relays, and of course > silicon. Part of the work is to look into price, availability, and > second-sourcing, maybe to read some data sheets and discuss needs with > the engineers. > > I don't want any staff members to spend a lot of time looking for > parts!"5-10 hours a month" is "a lot of time"? Don't your folks spend that much -- and more -- just trying to stay current with the offerings available in those industries? Or, do they let that knowledge atrophy cuz it's "too expensive" to keep current?> I don't mind looking for silicon so much. All that other stuff is > distracting.Let your distis do the gruntwork -- if you have decent quantities. They'll be more than happy to find a part that THEY sell to meet your needs! And, drop off samples to get you started.> For example, I want to find a pre-assembled 10-pin cable to connect > this LCD thing to a controller board a few inches away. > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/fd9y8d7rjxxbztr/VM800_3.jpg?raw=1 > >
Reply by ●September 10, 20212021-09-10
On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:15:54 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:>On 9/10/2021 4:43 PM, John Larkin wrote: >> On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:19:27 -0700 (PDT), sea moss >> <danluster81@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:50:57 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote: >>>> We could use an occasional parts researcher. Anyone need a part-time >>>> job? Maybe 5 or 10 hours a month. >>> >>> What types of parts do you need to research? For silicon parts, your new staff member should be able to help. >> >> A lot of connectors, hardware, passives, cables, relays, and of course >> silicon. Part of the work is to look into price, availability, and >> second-sourcing, maybe to read some data sheets and discuss needs with >> the engineers. >> >> I don't want any staff members to spend a lot of time looking for >> parts! > >"5-10 hours a month" is "a lot of time"? > >Don't your folks spend that much -- and more -- just trying to stay current >with the offerings available in those industries? Or, do they let that >knowledge atrophy cuz it's "too expensive" to keep current? > >> I don't mind looking for silicon so much. All that other stuff is >> distracting. > >Let your distis do the gruntwork -- if you have decent quantities. >They'll be more than happy to find a part that THEY sell to meet >your needs! And, drop off samples to get you started.And tell me which other distributors have the 2nd source parts in stock. -- Father Brown's figure remained quite dark and still; but in that instant he had lost his head. His head was always most valuable when he had lost it.
Reply by ●September 11, 20212021-09-11
On 9/10/2021 6:57 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:> On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:15:54 -0700, Don Y > <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote: > >> On 9/10/2021 4:43 PM, John Larkin wrote: >>> On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:19:27 -0700 (PDT), sea moss >>> <danluster81@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:50:57 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote: >>>>> We could use an occasional parts researcher. Anyone need a part-time >>>>> job? Maybe 5 or 10 hours a month. >>>> >>>> What types of parts do you need to research? For silicon parts, your new staff member should be able to help. >>> >>> A lot of connectors, hardware, passives, cables, relays, and of course >>> silicon. Part of the work is to look into price, availability, and >>> second-sourcing, maybe to read some data sheets and discuss needs with >>> the engineers. >>> >>> I don't want any staff members to spend a lot of time looking for >>> parts! >> >> "5-10 hours a month" is "a lot of time"? >> >> Don't your folks spend that much -- and more -- just trying to stay current >> with the offerings available in those industries? Or, do they let that >> knowledge atrophy cuz it's "too expensive" to keep current? >> >>> I don't mind looking for silicon so much. All that other stuff is >>> distracting. >> >> Let your distis do the gruntwork -- if you have decent quantities. >> They'll be more than happy to find a part that THEY sell to meet >> your needs! And, drop off samples to get you started. > > And tell me which other distributors have the 2nd source parts in > stock.Tell the disti that is one of your selection criteria. When Moto released the 68K, they knew that folks (at the time) were insistent on second sources. Hence, naming *8* for that product.
Reply by ●September 11, 20212021-09-11
On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 20:35:53 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:>On 9/10/2021 6:57 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote: >> On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:15:54 -0700, Don Y >> <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote: >> >>> On 9/10/2021 4:43 PM, John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:19:27 -0700 (PDT), sea moss >>>> <danluster81@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:50:57 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote: >>>>>> We could use an occasional parts researcher. Anyone need a part-time >>>>>> job? Maybe 5 or 10 hours a month. >>>>> >>>>> What types of parts do you need to research? For silicon parts, your new staff member should be able to help. >>>> >>>> A lot of connectors, hardware, passives, cables, relays, and of course >>>> silicon. Part of the work is to look into price, availability, and >>>> second-sourcing, maybe to read some data sheets and discuss needs with >>>> the engineers. >>>> >>>> I don't want any staff members to spend a lot of time looking for >>>> parts! >>> >>> "5-10 hours a month" is "a lot of time"? >>> >>> Don't your folks spend that much -- and more -- just trying to stay current >>> with the offerings available in those industries? Or, do they let that >>> knowledge atrophy cuz it's "too expensive" to keep current? >>> >>>> I don't mind looking for silicon so much. All that other stuff is >>>> distracting. >>> >>> Let your distis do the gruntwork -- if you have decent quantities. >>> They'll be more than happy to find a part that THEY sell to meet >>> your needs! And, drop off samples to get you started. >> >> And tell me which other distributors have the 2nd source parts in >> stock. > >Tell the disti that is one of your selection criteria. >You seem to be suggesting that we write up a specification (for what may be a fuzzy requirement, namely a problem to be solved) and send that to multiple distributors and evaluate their responses. That sounds like a lot of work, but I could hire some part-timer to do it. -- Father Brown's figure remained quite dark and still; but in that instant he had lost his head. His head was always most valuable when he had lost it.
Reply by ●September 11, 20212021-09-11
On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:57:59 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:>On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:15:54 -0700, Don Y ><blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote: > >>On 9/10/2021 4:43 PM, John Larkin wrote: >>> On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:19:27 -0700 (PDT), sea moss >>> <danluster81@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:50:57 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote: >>>>> We could use an occasional parts researcher. Anyone need a part-time >>>>> job? Maybe 5 or 10 hours a month. >>>> >>>> What types of parts do you need to research? For silicon parts, your new staff member should be able to help. >>> >>> A lot of connectors, hardware, passives, cables, relays, and of course >>> silicon. Part of the work is to look into price, availability, and >>> second-sourcing, maybe to read some data sheets and discuss needs with >>> the engineers. >>> >>> I don't want any staff members to spend a lot of time looking for >>> parts! >> >>"5-10 hours a month" is "a lot of time"? >> >>Don't your folks spend that much -- and more -- just trying to stay current >>with the offerings available in those industries? Or, do they let that >>knowledge atrophy cuz it's "too expensive" to keep current? >> >>> I don't mind looking for silicon so much. All that other stuff is >>> distracting. >> >>Let your distis do the gruntwork -- if you have decent quantities. >>They'll be more than happy to find a part that THEY sell to meet >>your needs! And, drop off samples to get you started. > >And tell me which other distributors have the 2nd source parts in >stock.Back when I was designing at the discrete-components level, working for a pipsqueak company, I insisted on triple sources for everything I could not buy a lifetime supply of. Electronically, we were not doing anything leading edge. So, we never had any obsolescence dramas. Joe Gwinn
Reply by ●September 11, 20212021-09-11
On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:43:24 -0700, John Larkin <jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote:>On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:19:27 -0700 (PDT), sea moss ><danluster81@gmail.com> wrote: > >>On Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:50:57 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote: >>> We could use an occasional parts researcher. Anyone need a part-time >>> job? Maybe 5 or 10 hours a month. >> >>What types of parts do you need to research? For silicon parts, your new staff member should be able to help. > >A lot of connectors, hardware, passives, cables, relays, and of course >silicon. Part of the work is to look into price, availability, and >second-sourcing, maybe to read some data sheets and discuss needs with >the engineers. > >I don't want any staff members to spend a lot of time looking for >parts! > >I don't mind looking for silicon so much. All that other stuff is >distracting. > >For example, I want to find a pre-assembled 10-pin cable to connect >this LCD thing to a controller board a few inches away. > >https://www.dropbox.com/s/fd9y8d7rjxxbztr/VM800_3.jpg?raw=1 >Part of engineering discipline is not to put your design into a difficult supply position. The only way to learn this, is to force the engineer to spec the actual part numbers or drawing, for quotation - ie rub his nose in it. You don't want your staff looking for parts because . . . . RL
