Can Data Help Us Build Better Hardware Products? Can Data Help Us Build Better Hardware Products?

CTO, Supplyframeabradic@supplyframe.com

CTO, Supplyframeabradic@supplyframe.com

Aleksandar Bradic

Moving from prototype to production...

How can we tell if we have crafted a perfect BOM ?

Can we do better on price ?

Did we make the best possible choices ?

How do we assess our risks ?

How do we learn all the things we don’t know just in time for that

deadline ?

While having a startup-size team...

Technical data can help

DATASHEETSBOMsPARTS/FAMILIES

OPEN HARDWARE DESIGNS

EDUCATIONAL CONTENTOPEN CORES

COMMUNITY CONTENT(POSTS, COMMENTS)

REFERENCE DESIGNS

SCHEMATICS

PRICING/AVAILABILITYPARAMETRIC INFORMATION

SEARCH DATACOMMUNITIES

APPLICATIONS NOTES

NOTES

SNIPPETS

FORUMS

But it's all over the map, and there is so much of it...

What if we’re to capture, normalize and make all this data easily accessible ?

{ "categoryUid": 1264, "categoryName": "Power Management ICs/Switching Regulators and Controllers", "original": "TPS54620RGY", "is_exact": true, "fff": { "TPS54620RHLT": { "categoryName": Power Management ICs/Switching Regulators and Controllers", "categoryUid": 1264 }, "TPS54620RHLR": { "categoryName": "Power Management ICs/Switching Regulators and Controllers", "categoryUid": 1264},

Functional Equivalents "docs": [ { "base_number": "TPS54620", "category_id": 1264, "mfr_part_number": "TPS54620RHLR", "description": "4.5V to 17V Input, 6A Synchronous Step-Down Converter 14-VQFN -40 to 150", "status_code": "active", "pb_free_code": "yes", "rohs_code": "compliant", "part_lifecycle_code": "active", "Analog IC - Other Type": "SWITCHING REGULATOR", "Control Mode": "PEAK CURRENT", "Control Technique": "PULSE WIDTH MODULATION", "Input Voltage Limit-Max": 17, "Input Voltage Limit-Min": 4.5, "Input Voltage-Nom": 12,

{ "query": "TPS54218", "category_id": 1264, "query_volume" : [44, 37, 40, 46, 48, 33, 72, 16, 137, 154, 128, 50, 72, 90, 101, 82, 74, 78, 47, 55], "sample_interval": "monthly", "range_start": 1341100800, "range_end": 1391212800},{ "query": "TPS511", "category_id": 1264, "query_volume" : [1092, 1060, 1111, 1659, 1069, 1859, 2067, 2078, 2902, 6549, 5453, 4298, 4562, 4453, 4309, 6085, 5268, 6209, 6308, 6521], "sample_interval": "monthly",

"distributor": { "id": 1562, "name": "Avnet Express", "authorized": true,},"parts": [ { "manufacturer": "Texas Instruments", "part": "TPS54620RGYT", "distributorItemNo": "TPS54620RGYT/BKN", "description": "X7V, 6A SYNCHRONOUS SWIFT DEVICE - Cut TR (SOS)", "price": [ { "quantity": 1, "price": 4.83,

Pricing / Availability Search Activity

Via APIs...

Parametric Information

Search Purchase

Search and Purchase for the first 9 monthsMAX232DPart Trends for:

FFF Price Range

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP 1000$0.1

$0.5

$1

$2

$3

200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Amount SelectionBUYER

TPS54620RGY TPS54620RHLTFFF1

TPS54620RHLRFFF2

1 x TPS54620RGY $4.26Semiconductors and Integrated Circuits/Power Management ICs Switching Regulators and Controllers

2 x MSS1038-103NLD $0.76Passive Components/Inductors, Chokes, Coils and Magnetics/Fixed Inductors, Chokes and Coils

4 x TL431AIDBVR $0.11Semiconductors and Integrated Circuits/Power Management ICs/Voltage References

1 x TPS40210DRCT $1.33

TPS54620RGY FFF1: TPS54620RHLT

FFF2: TPS54620RHLR

FFF1: MSS1038-103NTC

FFF2: MSS1038-103NXB

FFF3: MSS1038-103NSD

FFF1: LMV431IM5X/NOPB

FFF2: SC431LC5SK-1TRT

FFF3: P431QL-7

FFF1: TPS40210DRCTG4

FFF2: TPS40210DRCRG4

Pb Free, RoHS, Active

Pb Free, RoHS, Active

Pb Free, RoHS, Active

Pb Free, RoHS, Active

MSS1038-103NLD

TL431AIDBVR

TPS40210DRCTSemiconductors and Integrated Circuits/Power Management ICs/Switching Regulators and Controllers

Uploaded BOM (FFF) Equivalents Found FFF Differences

FFF1: TPS54620RHLT FFF2: TPS54620RHLR

Switching Fr.(kHz) 160 to 1760

Min Oper (°C) -40

Packaging Tape and Reel

Mounting Surface Mount

Package Height 0.95(Max)

Package Length 3.68(Max)

Package Width 3.65(Max)

PCB 14

S.Package Name QFN

Supplier Package VQFN EP

Pin Count 14

Lead Shape No Lead

Switching Fr.(kHz) 160 to 1760

Min Oper (°C) -50

Packaging Tape and Reel

Mounting Surface Mount

Package Height 0.95(Max)

Package Length 3.65(Max)

Package Width 3.35(Max)

PCB 16

S.Package Name QFN

Supplier Package VQFN EP

Pin Count 14

Lead Shape No Lead

1.7$

0.8$

0.6$

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Could it help us build better hardware products? Could it help us build better hardware products?

We hope so. We hope so.