


If you want to quickly find, place, and source components for your design, the best way is to use the sourcing and purchasing tools in Digi-Key, Octopart, and Altium Designer. How Digi-Key Component Sourcing Brings Value to Altium Designer Users Thanks to integration with Digi-Key, Altium users can leverage an industry leading component database for new designs, and verify stock on critical parts directly within Altium Designer and Octopart. With more than 1,000,000 components ready for immediate shipment from Digi-Key’s headquarters, there are no lead times for in-stock products.

Unless you’re starting a new board from a reference design or upgrading an old project, you need to select all your parts from scratch. Access Parts Data from Digi-Key in Altium Designer From initial design to manufacturing, take advantage of supply chain integration between Altium and Digi-Key to help you stay productive. When your design is ready for production, upload your Altium BOM via Digi-Key’s BOM Manager to quickly create a new component order. Altium and Digi-Key have teamed up to create a single environment to design and check inventory: use Altium Designer or A365 to design your PCB, create your BOM, and confirm inventory availability.

When you don’t have a dedicated sourcing specialist or the right supply chain tools, you may be forced to manually source data, part numbers, and CAD models for your new design. Take advantage of the Digi-Key BOM import to Altium Designer.Įngineering and board layout are crucial and obvious aspects of PCB design, but sourcing components and finding parts replacements can be time-consuming tasks. Altium and Digi-Key are working together to make design, sourcing, and purchasing easier for PCB design teams.
