FAQ

How do I search for a part?

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I found the part I was looking for, but now what do I do?

First, check the parts page for stock and pricing information from our distributors. You can place an order with any of the listed distributors by clicking on the blue "Buy Now" button adjacent to their name. Not enough information? Click on the blue "Send RFQ" button to contact the distributor directly and get a comprehensive quote directly from them!

Can I buy parts from Octopart or sell parts to Octopart?

No. Octopart is a search engine for electronic parts. While we have information on over 40 million parts on our site, we don't have our own warehouse or stock of parts. You can buy parts from the distributors that we link to, though! To buy a part from a distributor, click the blue "Buy Now" link or the distributor's SKU next to the distributor's name.

How do I use the BOM Tool?

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What is Octopart's search syntax?

With Octopart, you can search for parts by keyword, description, part number, manufacturer, and distributor. For example, try:

Wildcards

Sometimes searching by partial part number returns too many parts or you have specific requirements for part number matching. In these cases, you can use wildcards to refine your search. The character * matches any character sequence (including zero characters) and the character ? matches any single character.

Wildcards can be used anywhere within a part number. It is not necessary to use wildcards to find the middle of a part number—leading and trailing wildcards are added automatically. For example, *74LS25* returns the same results as 74LS25.

If you add one or more wildcards to a term, no other wildcards are added automatically. This can be used to do prefix searches. For example, lv40 finds parts that contain lv40 anywhere in the part number, while lv40* finds only parts that start with lv40.

Example searches using wildcards:

Excluding a word

To exclude parts containing a word, add NOT before the word. For example, to see SMD LEDs that are not red, search for: