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Question of the Month: In 5 years’ time, do you think component data sheets will be in their current format?

dychen
dychen over 3 years ago

e14 Question of the Month

As technology advances, component data sheets could evolve into a completely new format.  Take the poll and let us know your thoughts what you think data sheets will look like in the future, and please elaborate in the Comments section below!

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  • Pacha
    Pacha over 3 years ago

    Telepathy 

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  • iker46
    iker46 over 3 years ago

    I think we will have both options: PDF and another format. For example some instructions can now be read in an intercative app, while you still get the common PDF user manual.

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  • dougw
    dougw over 3 years ago

    Some companies already only publish datasheets online in HTML and its relatives, but many people don't think this is permanent enough to use as part of their product documentation where their products use these components.

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  • DAB
    DAB over 3 years ago

    Unless there are some radical changes how people are taught to read them or there are massive changes to the information, they should remain basically the same.

    There are a whole lot of standards committees that you have to influence to begin introducing a radical change.

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  • charlieo21
    charlieo21 over 3 years ago in reply to ggabe

    Nexperia has a interactive datasheet feature in its webpage.

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  • ggabe
    ggabe over 3 years ago in reply to colporteur

    IMO it’s coming, just not from the manufacturers rather value-add companies, like Altium/Nexar. It reflects that an integrated, seamless and comprehensive content/data delivery is outside of the current capability of the manufacturers, and there is value for large customers pay to sustain 3rd parties, to innovate in this space. The user expectation of moving across manufacturers also positions a “neutral” 3rd party better to own this space.

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  • colporteur
    colporteur over 3 years ago

    It is a pipe dream of mine that vendors make the data sheet the access window through which all the services flow. Need a pinout drawing, data sheet. Need dimensions for CAD, datasheet. Most of this exists today with the data sheet but it is manual. It would be nice to make it more interactive. Be nice to suck in data to an application without having to jump through compatibility hoops. The data sheets would be the portal to a content management system.

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  • dougw
    dougw over 3 years ago

    Interesting question. I expect pdf to persist even though I personally never liked it. Let me rephrase that. I really, really, really, dislike the pdf concept. I find it is a format that cripples productivity, introduces enormous inefficiency, wastes time and forces unnecessary costs to be incurred. It isn't just a roadblock, it is a giant step backward in the computer/paperless era. I know why people use it and why they like it, but I am not one of them. From my perspective there is no value to the format, in fact it is a cost and a totally wasted cost at that. The only reason why it might get replaced is because we are starting to find ways to work around the crippling nature of the concept. "There has to be a better way to more effectively cripple productivity"...Relaxed

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  • dang74
    dang74 over 3 years ago

    Call me a traditionalist but I think we will still have PDF datasheets 5 years from now.  If it ain't broke....

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  • harry-b3
    harry-b3 over 3 years ago

    Who knows. Cost will presumably override user preferences, and nothing is likely to change unless there are economic benefits for the suppliers. But,... pleasant surprises do happen.

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