Pulling Part Data from SiliconExpert in Altium Designer

Parent page: Creating a New Component

The SiliconExpert integration provides advanced data on the manufacturer parts so you can make more informed decisions when choosing components for your designs based on additional parameters such as the estimated time until obsolescence, RoHS and REACH status, risk metrics, etc. The key capabilities of the integration are:

  • Direct integration – no need to leave your design environment since data is available in Altium Designer and Altium 365's Web Viewer interface.
  • Comprehensive database – SiliconExpert offers data on over a billion parts, from passives to ICs.
  • Accurate and reliable data – regular updates and strict protocols ensure you work with the most up-to-date and reliable information.
  • Improved risk analysis – risk analysis parameters aid in making more reliable strategic decisions when choosing parts.
  • Providing alternatives – the integration simplifies searching for possible part replacements by providing a ranked list of alternatives. 

The SiliconExpert integration is paid functionality. If you would like to try it, contact us using the form on the Altium 365 SiliconExpert Integration page.

Note that after getting access to the functionality, your SiliconExpert account must be enabled in the Admin – Apps page of your Altium 365 Workspace's browser interface: learn more.

When having access to the SiliconExpert integration functionality, you can pull high-quality data provided by SiliconExpert for manufacturer parts as described below.

Data entries pulled from SiliconExpert are marked with the  icon.

The following places provide access to data from SiliconExpert:

  • When browsing manufacturer parts in the Manufacturer Part Search panel, click the Get data from SiliconExpert control in the parameter list region of the panel's Details pane. This will pull parameters and alternatives for the selected manufacturer part from SiliconExpert that will be shown in the parameter list and the Alternatives region of the panel, respectively.

    For each found alternative, a cross type code is provided in the Alternatives region.

  • When accessing part choices for a component, a part choice entry for the component will include an additional Parameters control. Click it to display a pop-up with a list of available manufacturer parameters. Click the Get data from SiliconExpert control at the bottom of the pop-up to pull data from SiliconExpert. Additional parameters will be shown in the list.

  • When in an ActiveBOM document, columns of SiliconExpert data can be made visible in the document from the Select columns dialog.

  • When creating a Workspace library component from a manufacturer part search (by saving a manufacturer part from the Manufacturer Part Search panel or by searching for a manufacturer part through the Component editor in its Single Component Editing mode), SiliconExpert data are presented in the Use Component Data dialog, from which the data can be opted to be included to the new component.

SiliconExpert data columns can also be made available when browsing the BOM data view for a project through Altium 365's Web Viewer interface (learn more) and when browsing the BOM Portal's documents (learn more).
A user must have Paid Part Info permission to be able to pull data from SiliconExpert. To learn more about managing permissions, refer to the Setting Global Operation Permissions for a Workspace page.
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