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Based on your feedback, National has introduced a number of new web features to make it quicker and easier to find products and supporting information. Web enhancements include:

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New Features Guided Tour (5 mins)

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Homepage 


National's streamlined homepage has been redesigned to put links to more products at your engineering fingertips. This new homepage loads more quickly and advertising takes up less space and is more efficient. Links to tools are also now on the homepage and the new SuperFooter at the bottom of the page gives you easy access to your stuff.
National Semiconductor Homepage

 

Web Pages with Tabs

Based on the popular product folder format, all main sites now use tab format, providing a more logical layout and convenient access to products, app notes and other technical documents, boards (including eval boards, demo boards, & reference designs), videos, and software (tools, models, symbols, etc). If you want to brush up your design skills, all e-learning seminars and papers are now also conveniently located in one tab. National Semiconductor Tab Format Page

 

Using Dynamic Tables

The dynamic tables on the National.com allow you to sort and filter so you can quickly find what you're looking for. With dynamic tables you can:

 

Click Column to Sort

  • Click column heading to sort by that column
  • Click once for ascending sort
  • Click again for descending sort
Sorting Table by Column
   

Drag Column Edge to Adjust Width

  • Drag column edge to change column width
  • Horizontal scroll bars are added automatically if columns are wider than the page
Adjusting Table Column Width
   

Search Within Column (Text Filter)

  • Enter text to search within that column
  • Filter is applied automatically as you type
  • Text filters are not case sensitive
  • Delete text to reset/remove filter
  • Filters in multiple columns are logically ANDed
Searching within Table Using a Text Filter
   

Filter by Spec

  • Numeric columns can be filtered using <, >, and range operators
  • n..m shows items that fall between "n" and "m"
  • Delete text to reset/remove filter
  • Filters in multiple columns are logically ANDed
Filtering Tables Numerically

 

SuperFooter

National's SuperFooter puts access to your stuff at the bottom of every web page. With the SuperFooter you can:

  • Leave comments for the National web team or get technical support
  • Add parts to your "My Briefcase" shopping cart for later action including parametric table comparison
  • Access your WEBENCH designs
  • Check sample and eval board orders
National Semiconductor Superfooter Tabs
   
Once you've found candidate parts for your design and have added them to your My Briefcase, you can easily review the parts and get datasheets, samples, or start designs. To make reviewing parts easier, use the compare function to view the parts in a parametric table, so you can compare specs. National's compare function automatically groups similar parts for easier comparison. National Semiconductor Superfooter Compare Parts