Welcome to DesignFast v2.1

In order to bring you the best experience using DesignFast, we are constantly working to improve. With DesignFast v2.1, we have made several updates and modifications to enhance the search functions, user interface, and back end to give you quick access to the most up-to-date information on the engineering parts and products you need. Features…

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Sager Electronics added to DesignFast

Now find over 3.5 million parts from Sager Electronics on DesignFast. Sager Electronics is a North American electronic component distributor of interconnect, power and electromechanical products, and provider of value-add solutions.

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Applied Motion Products Stepper Drive Lines added to DesignFast

Applied Motion Products Stepper Drives

We’re pleased to have added over 1200 new stepper drive types from Applied Motion Products to DesignFast. Applied Motion specializes in high-precision, cost-effective motion control products. Applied Motion offers a full complement of stepper and servo, drives, motors, controllers, gearheads, and power supplies to serve a diverse industrial and OEM customer base. More at Applied Motion.

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What is DesignFast?

DesignFast

DesignFast makes component selection simple. We are a tool for engineers to search across a list of aggregated components from trusted distributors with some of our data powered by ECIA. Engineers can make full-text searches across millions of components available in the DesignFast database and drill down to find a specific piece for their needs.…

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Modern Linear added to DesignFast

Modern Linear

DesignFast now includes over 550 products from Modern Linear. Modern Linear’s goal is to improve the performance of automated equipment. Modern Linear works to improve machine performance and lower operating costs. Their mission is to provide all of our customers with high quality, durable products, and outstanding customer service. More can be found at modernlinear.com

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Duplicate Distributor Dropdown Feature

designfast feature

Design Fast now consolidates distributors who have multiple package types into a single root distributor for each search result. If a distributor appears multiple times, a grey icon will be displayed next to the distributors name with the number of total package types provided. When you click on the icon, the distributor results will expand,…

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Full-Text Search Improvement

During our early stage development we decided to adopt ElasticSearch as our NoSQL document store and full-text search engine. Elastic is backed by Apache Lucene, which provides the indexing and search feature functionality for ElasticSearch. The Elastic ecosystem has made it easy for developers to ingest and query documents containing a variety of data types,…

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Top Part Searches September on DesignFast

multilayered ceramic capacitor

Here is a selection from the top parts searched through the month of September. 08055A200F4T2A 1N4001G 2N2219A 2N7000 B43586-S0688-Q3 BZT52C12-7-F CER ENG KIT 46 IRF510PBF IRF520 LM317LZG T520A107M006ATE045

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Go Lang – Why we chose Go for DesignFast

Go Programming Language

There are many variables that go into choosing a language for a new project. When considering all these factors at DesignFast, we felt that developer productivity, network services, and type safety were most important. Ultimately, these values narrowed our choices for a language down to either Node.js or Go. In this article we’ll walk through…

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V1.4.0 Update

DesignFast 1.4 update has been pushed that includes optimized server side rendering, input changes to the search algorithm, a more streamlined lookup for reference designs and numerous improvements to optimize speed. While real-time calls add to load times, we’re continuing to improve look up times and pre-loading for common part searches. Design Fast utilizes the…

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ECIA Integrated for DesignFast Search Results

ECIA Authorized Search

DesignFast has now integrated the ECIA distributor and manufacturer data to support the authorized electronic components industry by giving users access to aggregated price and availability data for genuine parts from only authorized sources. Along with custom manufacturers data in the growing DesignFast database, ECIA Authorized Search results will now show inline with other parts…

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Welcome to DesignFast

WTWH Media is pleased to launch a new online resource called DesignFast.com. DesignFast™ allows you to search and find products from trusted distributors containing millions of parts from thousands of manufacturers. Product data includes part numbers, part families, descriptions, data sheets and real-time pricing information as well as design engineering resources to help engineers design…

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