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by wildzzz 748 days ago
If you search a part number in Google and the only datasheet result is from an unpronounceable Chinese website, there's a very good chance it's not going to be on digikey. LCSC or AliExpress will be your only options. Even when designing boards, you have to consider whether you want to pick parts from the LCSC library or Digikey because they don't carry all the same parts and even parts that you would think are jellybean don't have the exact same package on both sites (especially SOT packages, similarly sized but not the exact same).
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if you think chinese websites are 'unpronounceable' you probably shouldn't try to design hardware
I do design hardware for a living, it all uses quality components from trusted Western vendors and suppliers.