Cadence® OrCAD® Capture CIS integration with Digi-Key® provides a wealth of content at the engineer’s fingertips. From device parameters to RoHS compliance status, Digi-Key integration with OrCAD Capture CIS provides access to part information for over 1,000,000 orderable parts from more than 380 manufacturers.
Time is valuable and the introduction of a new part is time consuming and costly. The approval process requires significant overhead from numerous departments and is prone to errors. Given the increasing time-to-market pressures and demands for higher efficiency at lower costs, it is imperative that companies streamline their part introduction process.
The Digi-Key integration presents part costs to engineers. For companies that have internal costing, the Digi-Key supplied information can still be used by engineers as a point of reference. The engineering reports from OrCAD Capture CIS can be configured to include cost data from Digi-Key. This will enable engineers to perform cost rollups, especially for prototyping purposes.
Often a temporary part has to go through an extensive internal review process by purchasing, manufacturing, and documentation groups before it can be approved for use. Every new part introduced requires significant administrative overhead to verify and add to the system. With the OrCAD Capture CIS and Digi-Key integration, you can reduce administrative overhead because your part information is accurate, shows current part availability, and has correct part numbers.
The Digi-Key integration with OrCAD Capture CIS ensures that new part information is based on current part numbers and availability. Providing accurate information during the onset of the design process reduces the number of unnecessary part introductions. Often a part is entered into the centralized library only to discover downstream that it is obsolete, non-compliant, has an extensive lead time, or even has a functionally equivalent part already in the library. By streamlining the process, engineers can avoid introducing unnecessary parts and devote more time to addressing other complex design problems.
- No need to manually collect part data. Part number, description, parametric information, RoHS compliance, even a part image, are all displayed and downloaded into the CIS database
- Digi-Key parts can be used with already existing corporate parts in the CIS database
- Engineers can search and select Digi-Key parametric data within OrCAD Capture CIS
- Get prototype parts ordered rapidly from an OrCAD Capture CIS/ Digi-Key BOM
- Generate a complete BOM for ordering parts without manually copying from web pages
- Purchasing, librarians and other non-EE individuals can search and select Digi-Key data with CIP
- Parts can be ordered online 24/7 and received the next day
- You can check part availability, quantities, and pricing
- Digi-Key has one of the most complete offerings of parts
The Component Information Portal (CIP) is a web based interface that accesses the parts database behind OrCAD Capture CIS. CIP provides engineers and administrators with a more effective way to update and access the CIS database. With enterprise integration, the CIS database will hold data from external systems like ERP, MRP, PLM, and PDM.