Articles & Blogs

DigiKey’s Price and Availability Tool Eases Impatience

Don’t waste time waiting for pricing information. Utilize DigiKey’s new Pricing and Availability (PandA) tool for the instant gratification we have all grown to expect.

DigiKey InstaLab Helps You Create the Future of Electronics Design

Design, Troubleshoot, and Repair in your own electronics lab in your dorm. The Instalab is full of electronic test equipment and tools every designer needs to complete their next big project.

Impressive, Innovative Designs from Around the Globe at InnovateFPGA

DigiKey was proud to be included on the panel of judges this year at InnovateFPGA with our good friends Terasic and Intel. Take a look at the grand prize design now!

PayPal and DigiKey: Easy Paying Meets Quick Shipping

DigiKey is excited to offer PayPal as a new option for easy paying so you can get your parts even quicker from digikey.com.

All the Internet of Things: Episode Two Recap

Everything you need to know about Protocols in the IoT: HTTP, REST, XML, JSON, MQTT, and CoAP - presented by LadyAda.

All the Internet of Things: Episode One Recap

Everything you need to know about Transports: Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee and Cellular from Adafruit on Episode 1 of All the Internet of Things.

DigiKey’s Holiday Video Time Machine

Visit DigiKey’s holiday past, present, and even future through our Holiday Video Time Machine.

Development Boards for the Developing Engineer

Cost is no longer an issue with these popular development platforms from DigiKey.

Addressing Automotive Requirements? Its About Time

Jeff discusses the importance of, and new advances in, automotive timing solutions.

Zero Ideas of Where to Start With the Raspberry Pi Zero W? Start Here

DigiKey knows that starting with the Raspberry Pi Zero W can be rough. These 6 project kits from Pimoroni and SparkFun make deciding where to start a breeze.

Learn More! DigiKey Continuing Education Center

The Continuing Education Center (CEC) offers an advanced look at microcontroller, wireless, and sensing to enhance development skills in the electronics space.

Making a Better Part Search

DigiKey has added new features to it's Part Search, including a filter for "normally stocking" parts.

WICED Bluetooth SMART Development

With the acquisition of Broadcom’s IoT business, Cypress Semiconductor has become one of the leaders in IoT and embedded systems.

Secure Your IoT Devices…or Else

Some tips to help protect and secure your next IoT related design.

Formula E Racing: Build your own MyMiniRaceCar

Adafruit has re-released the second version of their Adabox (called the MyMiniRaceCar) with an additional temperature and humidity sensor breakout board.

DigiKey Product Selectors

DigiKey has started to develop Product Selectors for our customers to quickly find the components they require for their design.

LIDAR vs RADAR in Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous vehicle designers are trying to determine which works better, RADAR or LIDAR.

Resistors and Color Codes: Big Boys Race Our Young Girls but Violet Generally Wins Publish Date: 2017-04-05

Learn the basics of resistors and how to determine resistor values using the electronic color code.