A few months ago we launched an open API to give everyone access to our database and search technology. Since then, the most requested feature has been a way to access individual parts by id. Today we're happy to report that the feature is live! Now it's possible to build user-centric apps like project managers and shopping carts. We can't wait to see what developers will come up with!

If you're interested in building an app using the Octopart API, check out the documentation here: http://octopart.com/api/.

Today we're happy to announce a partnership with EETimes: Octopart now powers EETimes' product search. You can now find your favorite transistor or microcontroller right from the EETimes website.

I remember leafing through a stack of the large format EETimes magazines back in 2006 to get a feel for the Electronics industry before we publicly launched Octopart. It's great to be working with EETimes now - there are lots of exciting applications which are possible when you combine media with up to date product information.

If you want to build an application on our part data, you can! Check out our open API.

If you're a manufacturer or distributor and want to add your part data to our database, please create an Octopart account and sign up for Company Tools. If you have any questions, feel free to email me directly.

We're happy to announce a new, more powerful version of our search API. With our new API you can access technical data and purchasing information on millions of electronic components. You can also use our API to add parametric filters and perform sophisticated queries such as search drilldowns:

http://octopart.com/api/

Our goal is to give everyone access to Octopart's data and search technology so we are providing our API free of charge. In fact, if you are building a consumer-facing app we offer revenue sharing opportunities. If you want us to help you monetize your product then send us an email.

Our mission is to build tools to help engineers and scientists save the world. But we can't do it alone. We know that there are some amazing developers out there waiting to get their hands on electronic parts data. If you have an idea for an app that will help engineers and scientists to save the world, start hacking today.

It's only been a few weeks since we launched Company Tools and we've received data on over 100,000 new parts.

To give you a taste of the new part data, we've received full product listings from Ecliptek, including parametric data and datasheets. Now you can search their crystal oscillators by frequency.

We've also received a full set of data from NVE. With the attribute data we received, you can browse their digital isolators by data rate.

Are you a part manufacturer or distributor and want to expose you products to the thousands of design engineers and parts buyers that use Octopart everyday? Just create a free Octopart account and sign up here. Remember, manufacturers can list all their part data for free!