Altium has signed a third-party developer partnership with Octopart, a well-known provider of an electronic parts search engine used by hundreds of thousands of engineers to find and compare parts across different manufacturers and distributors.
Around 70-80% of the life cycle cost for a new product is a direct result of decisions made during the design phase. This is because designers are creating a blueprint for everyone else to follow and is the reason why it is very important to have the right information to make prudent decisions early in the design process. Octopart aggregates and normalises component data from a growing number of sources to provide a comprehensive and easy-to-use tool for designers covering component search, selection and supply chain needs.
As a first result of the joint activities with Octopart, every Altium Designer user on a current licence will get access to a brand new Altium Designer extension providing access to electronic components from more than 200 distributors. This will enable them to search Octopart’s extensive catalogue of component suppliers and distributors from inside Altium Designer’s schematic editor, early in the design development process.
The Octopart extension for Altium Designer allows users to search for information from a large number of additional distributors. As an integral part of Altium Designer’s 'Design to Cost' solution, information from suppliers like Digikey, Farnell, Arrow, Allied, Newark, Mouser or TME is built into the tool.
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