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The applet presently offered is Release Dec '03.
The data presently offered is Release Dec '03.
The older releases are archived here:
Release history:
- 02/13/03 Website announcement
- 09/12/03 Applet update:
- faster response,
- better tools to select a value,
- improved 2-D pop-up performance
- 10/24/03 Applet update:
- The user interface changed slightly,
- Back button now lets you go back 20 levels,
- Added a Find utility, where you may enter keywords and or part numbers,
- Now it finds keywords deep inside the part classes,
- Added a page to help you with commonly mispelled words
- 11/07/03 Applet update:
- Highly functional "Find" utility
- Highly functional reverse interpretation of part numbers
- Slightly more streamlined user interface
- Better behavior of 2-D pop-ups across various platforms
- Faster refreshes
- Added classes:
- "Piezo-electrics" (was all a single class: Crystals and ceramics)
- Quartz crystals
- Ceramic resonators
- SAW resonators
- Ceramic filters
- SAW filters
- "Resettable fuses" (was in the "Current Sensitive Devices" class)
- "Inrush current limiters" (was in the "Current Sensitive Devices" class)
- 11/16/03 Applet update:
- Much faster start-up for slow connections: you can start using the utility while the search files are still loading
- Fixed bugs in "Find" utility and in "Recent" pop-up
12/05/03 Applet update:
- Now you can navigate using icons
- Added "Home", "Up one level", "Previous", "Recent" and "Help" buttons at the top
- Recent classes are selected with picture buttons, instead of with a pop-up menu
- Clicking on the Help button opens the first page of the PartNumber brand new tutorial, in a new window
- Clicking on the PartNumber logo opens the PartNumber home page, in a new window
- No longer opens a dummy frame for 2-D pop-ups
- Applet is slightly smaller, so that it may fit in 800 x 600 pixel screens
- The class panel (in the middle) is scrollable, to let you reach tools which may be hidden
- Simplified semiconductor classes:
- arrays are now in diodes or transitors
- misc ICs are now in Misc semis
- package selection is simplified
- Simplified custom section into a single class
1/01/04 Applet update:
- An additional tool in each Part Class lets you specify the last 2 letters of the Part Number (useful in those rare cases when the utility assigns the same Part Number to 2 similar parts)
- A pop-up menu next to the Part Class name lets you jump to related classes
- Added "Find Local", and "Find global", buttons at the top
- Minor fixes to +/- sign, icon drawing, 2-D pop-ups
- Removed duplications:
- Alligators and mini-hooks
- Mechanical shaft encoders
- Cleaned-up:
- Wires and cables
- Terminals
- Misc Connectors
- Signal Cable Assemblies
- Transformers (moved transformer assemblies to Assemblies)
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