Ciiva unveils intelligent parts data analysis

“The accepted norm in the electronics design industry for decades has been to fix mistakes before they go to manufacture.” said Leigh Gawne, Head of Ciiva. “We’re taking a new approach and asking, ‘how can we avoid mistakes in the first place?’”

With this new technology, Ciiva set out to accomplish one primary goal - to provide engineers with better data at design time to successfully produce manufacturable electronic designs. Together with new tools, this technology enables a designer to tap into the latest advances in data automation and analysis, and helps engineers to produce an error-free and sourceable Bill of Materials, complete parts data and organised parts libraries. Ciiva is offering several new intelligent solutions to meet the unique needs of every engineer, including:

• Smart Parts Search that allows an engineer to make the most informed part selections with access to historical lifecycle data, real-time pricing and availability data, and verified alternatives for millions of components in the Ciiva parts database.

• Smart Parts Analysis that allows an engineer to streamline their supply chain sourcing with advanced BOM validation technology that analyses every part in a design to confirm correct part numbers, availability, and pricing.

• Smart Parts Management that allows an engineer to automate daily parts management tasks with advanced technology that automatically completes parametric data on components and keeps libraries organised and updated.

“As engineers we go to enormous lengths to ensure a successful PCB fabrication process, but we often don’t apply the same rigorous standards to our parts,” said Jason Hingston, CTO. “Ciiva Smart Parts brings a new level of visibility to part selection, validation and management that naturally lends itself to accurate part libraries, efficient part reuse and ultimately a manufacturable BOM.”