Need help organizing my electronics. Software Catalog solution?

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Guys, not sure if this exists or not, but I was hoping for a software, online or not, that would allow me to categorize all my electronics and take pictures with the webcam for instant input. I could take pictures with my camera and just add one by one in a text editor, but I would love to see an option that would use the webcam and be faster to handle. :wink: It would be nice to put something like this:

  • 5 ATtiny85 "description here" "picture here"
  • 50 capacitors 1uf 16V "picture of where I store it"
    something like that...

Any ideas?

Best Regards, WilliamK

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think it's called a database.

There are databases to store peoples names and pictures which may be patched quite easily. Search for PHP / MySQL examples or so.

just imagine that your components are little people (in fact the components are the houses of those little people :slight_smile:

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Thanks bud, I do program in MySql & PHP, but I'm also very lazy, so I was hoping for an alternative that was done and done. :wink: :blush:

Wk

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WilliamK:
Thanks bud, I do program in MySql & PHP, but I'm also very lazy, so I was hoping for an alternative that was done and done. :wink: :blush:

Wk

Have you thought about a spreadsheet? You can put/anchor a picture in a cell on the spreadsheet...

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Search for software used to manage household inventory for insurance purposes. I've seen some that have the basic features (picture, description, location) you want.

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Thanks guys. So far, since I'm just lazy, I'm doing in a plain txt file that is added to my daily backup. :wink:

Here's the current draft, still a work in progress...

---------------------------------
Capacitor

	100 x 1nF 50V
	20  x 820pF 50V
	50  x 150P 150pf 0.00015uf 50V
	50  x 22P 22pf 50V
	10  x 100nF 50V
	25  x 47uF 50V - Electrolytic
	20  x 10uF 50V - Electrolytic
	1   x Capacitors Kit
		15 x 2.4pF
		15 x 22pF
		15 x 4.7nF
		15 x 10nF
		15 x 15nF
		15 x 100nF

---------------------------------
Resistor

	2   x Resistor Set 61x5ea 10R~1M ±1% 1/4W, Total 305pcs

---------------------------------
Diode

	20  x 1N5822 Schottky Diode - 3A - 40V

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Transistor

	12  x 2N5087 PNP
	20  x PN2222 NPN
	25  x 2N3904 
	25  x 2N3906

(.....)

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Misc

	0   x (from 1) Sound Sensor Module - 1 Used: Clapper
	2   x 433MHz Superheterodyne RF (transmiter and receiver)
	2   x Electric Solenoid Valve for Water Air 12V DC - 1/2" - 250 ma
	4   X (from 5) Relay JQC-3F(T73) DC 5V - 250VAC / 28VDC - 1 Used: Clapper
	1   x MiniQ 4WD DFRobot Kit

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Tools

	2   x Bottle Butane Fuel Universal Tip Gas Lighter Refill
	2   x 2.5FT 2.0MM Desoldering Braid Solder Remover Wick Cable
	1   x Advanced Solder Grease Paste For Soldering BGA SMD SMT
	9   x Solderless Breadboard 400 Tie Points (DipMicro)
	4   x Solderless Breadboard Jumper Cable Wire Kit
	1   x Digital Caliper - 0~150mm
	1   x BitScope BS 50

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You might be able to set up something like this via Flickr.. but are you looking to query it like a database?