Can anyone recommend a simple to inventory program? The reason why I ask is last night it took me 7 hours to figure out what I needed to order from mouser. It was not fun trying to figure out what I had on hand, what was needed, ect… To give you an idea of my needs - I need to keep track of about …

Openoffice.org ? It has an Excel-like program.

I haven’t used it, but I recall that Google has some kind of database application out there. If I find some info on it, I’ll post it here.

george graves: Can anyone recommend a simple to inventory program? The reason why I ask is last night it took me 7 hours to figure out what I needed to order from mouser. It was not fun trying to figure out what I had on hand, what was needed, ect… To give you an idea of my needs - I need to kee…

What I would do if I had time to work on this: Web-based app (AppEngine probably). Wiki-like parts database with links to datasheets and references for all component distributors. Links to open hardware projects using the parts (“I want to check how people are using this”). Each user create…

^Wow. I think you are on to something. I didn’t even think of a web based application! I’ll throw in a couple of things I would like: slim interface that would load fast and easy on the eyes. My eyes are tried of staring at bright white text feilds. bar code support that you could read your o…

It looks like Octopart have some tools that might be useful for this: http://octopart.com/tools/ –Philip;

I just came across this standalone OS inventory specifically for Electronic components. http://sourceforge.net/projects/zparts/

I found an old CueCat barcode scanner in my attic and started in on a way to inventory my parts. I took the approach of just using a flat file database using Excel. I purchased a large number of ESD bags from ULine and put my own barcodes on each bag. Not sure it will make life any easier. As blogra…

This is the only program I know of that does inventory management: http://www.trilogydesign.com/ $99 bucks for the cheapest version. I’ve written a program that is similar, to better suit my needs with mysql as the database engine. If I get a huge push for something I could possible make something…

Simple parts inventory program? (free or opensource)

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MySQL is free and can be used with Open Office.

Leon

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