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What's good about Capture-CIS Digi-Key Integration?

By Gerald "Jerry" Grzenia on August 6, 2008Comments(4)Filed under: PCB design, Capture CIS, Component Information Portal (CIP), Digi-Key Integration

So, what's good about Capture-CIS Digi-Key Integration? Quite a bit actually! This just in: "OrCAD Capture CIS customers now have access to the wealth of engineering data offered in the Digi-Key part database." This is some nice technology that combines engineering data with enterprise information.

Read this press release for details.

 Here's a brief excerpt -

Cadence® Design Systems’ OrCAD® Capture CIS customers now have access to the wealth of engineering data offered in the Digi-Key® part database. “Bringing Digi-Key data into the OrCAD environment means our customers have over one million orderable parts on the design desktop and available during part selection,” said Manny Marcano, president and CEO of EMA Design Automation. “Not only does this give them accurate information at their fingertips, but it streamlines the purchasing process by providing correct part numbers as part of the design engineering process.”

You can do a Google search to find a few articles describing this new integration. I like the details about the Component Information Portal (CIP) provided here.

I'd like to know from those who have (or are planning on using this new integration).

Take a look at this list:

  • How will you work with the Purchasing/Procurement groups to control the data pulled from Digi-Key? With they have direct access to updating the CIS database? Or, will the Component Engineers do this?
  • What processes do you use for engineers to request a new part - either from Digi-Key or elsewhere?
  • Do you use special properties in the CIS database to denote a part can be added to a schematic (i.e. how do you denote and control preferred parts)?
  • How do you work with the Component Information Portal (CIP)?
  • Do you currently connect (static or dynamically) your CIS database with an in-house  ERP/MRP/PLM/PDM system?
  • Do you maintain separate "libraries" or CIS databases - one for approved/preferred corporate parts and one that directly connects to Digi-Key for prototype/"what if" analysis?

I look forward to hearing from you! Please comment below.

Jerry GenPart

Comments(4)

By martin on August 29, 2008
good
By anaaaa on September 4, 2008
problem in creating netlist ,how make it easy.

By Haben on March 24, 2009
Hi i am planning to get the integration but i am not sure how will this integration help me in my board layout design?


By Jerry GenPart on March 24, 2009
Hi Haben,

While you'll be able to leverage the component manufacturers detailed part information, your board layout will still have a tight integration from the schematic and footprint assignments will be "internal" to your part libraries.

The advantage is retrieving current component information via Digi-Key and being able to use that in your BOM reports. How this data is used within your EDA libraries depends on your internal company processes (determined by the Component Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing groups).

Jerry GenPart

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