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Octopart Discover applies intent and context to your part search, enabling you to discover new ideas for component part solutions and opportunities in your electronic product design.  Explore our resources to learn how Octopart Discover can help you surface viable solutions, evaluate trade-offs, and converge earlier.

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Z2Data Integration screenshot Z2Data Integration: Onboarding Guide 1 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Project Leads +1 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Project Leads Project Leads Procurement Managers Procurement Managers Learn how to get started with Z2Data Integration and enrich your parts with valuable information including live lifecycle, lifecycle forecast, and compliance data in Altium 365 and Altium Designer. Read Article
SiliconExpert Integration screenshot SiliconExpert Integration: Onboarding Guide 1 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Project Leads +3 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Project Leads Project Leads Procurement Managers Procurement Managers Systems Engineers/Architects Systems Engineers/Architects Learn how to get started with SiliconExpert Integration and enrich your parts with valuable information like live YTEOL, lifecycle, and compliance data. This guide provides resources on key onboarding objectives and best practices. Read Article
Requirements Portal Image Requirements Portal: Onboarding Guide 2 min Guide Books PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Systems Engineers/Architects +2 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Project Leads Systems Engineers/Architects Systems Engineers/Architects Engineering Managers Engineering Managers Engineering Teams Engineering Teams This article introduces how to get started with the Requirements Portal, showing how to create, manage, and connect requirements to design and verification data within a unified environment. It highlights key onboarding steps, tutorials, and best practices that help teams build traceability, maintain visibility, and keep requirements aligned throughout the product lifecycle. Read on to learn how to confidently set up and use the Requirements Portal to keep your projects organized, connected, and on track. Read Article

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1:38 Admin-Data Cleanup 2 min Videos PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Electrical Engineers +1 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Project Leads Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers This short video demonstrates how to delete items from the platform. To begin, navigate to the Admin Section, and then Bulk and Data Cleanup under Settings, to delete the data. However, it is worth noting that this operation cannot be undone, it may take a while to complete, and will create a workspace snapshot prior to removing the items. Users are able to select specific items for deletion or delete all of the items, once the projects and components are removed. In order to batch delete items, a confirmation is also required. Read Article
4:23 BOM Portal Supplier Data Export 4 min Videos PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Electrical Engineers +1 PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Project Leads Project Leads Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers Altium 365 Bom Portal allows you to upload or create a Bill of Materials for an existing managed design. It can also export an Excel BOM that contains the data from multiple suppliers, including prices. To begin, create a BOM document, and display some favored suppliers for a part. Next, open Excel and create a BOM template using the demonstrated special column queries, before saving and uploading the file into the BOM Portal in Altium Designer. Finally, refresh the page and download the file to view the prices easily for the chosen suppliers and data. Read Article

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Technical Documentation Altium 365 Platform Interface Depending on your relationship with Altium, the services offered on the Altium Platform will be experienced from within Altium Designer and through the platform's browser-based interface. This page takes a look at the latter and provides an overview of what you'll see when you register an Altium Account and sign in to the Altium Platform Interface. For the latest information on the security,…
Technical Documentation Altium 365 Personal Space As a registered user of the Altium 365 Platform (i.e. an Altium Account) you have your own Altium 365 Personal Space, which is accessible only by you. Your Personal Space accommodates persistent storage of various types of uploaded static data, including design 'snapshots' (from various ECAD platforms) and Gerber/ODB++ manufacturing data, with the ability to share with anyone for comments and…
Technical Documentation Web Viewer The Altium 365 Web Viewer interface provides universal access to PCB project documents through a standard web browser. Much more than just a web-based viewer, its advanced browser technology allows users to navigate through the project structure, interact with design documents, extract information about elements in the design, and highlight areas or objects for commenting notes. When viewing…

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PCB Design Process The EDA Design Approach PCB Design Process: The EDA Design Approach 10 min Blog PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Engineering Managers PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers Streamline your PCB design process with EDA. Align requirements, schematic, layout, and release to cut respins and boost first-pass yield. Read Article
Tariff Confusion Is Costing You: The Key Differences Between COO, COF, and COA Tariff Confusion Is Costing You: The Key Differences Between COO, COF, and COA 10 min Blog Procurement Managers Product Managers Engineering Managers Procurement Managers Procurement Managers Product Managers Product Managers Engineering Managers Engineering Managers Learn the legal difference between COO, COF, and COA. Reduce audit risk and protect margins on every BOM. Read Article
Designing for 224G High-Speed Connectors, Flyover Cables, and the Road to Co-Packaged Optics Designing for 224G: High-Speed Connectors, Flyover Cables, and the Road to Co-Packaged Optics 8 min Newsletters Systems Engineers/Architects PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Systems Engineers/Architects Systems Engineers/Architects PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers Design 224G channels with the right connectors and flyover cables. Plan for shorter reach. Keep serviceability in view. Read Article
Top Trends in Emerging Connector Technologies Top Trends in Emerging Connector Technologies 7 min Newsletters Systems Engineers/Architects Electrical Engineers PCB Design Engineers Systems Engineers/Architects Systems Engineers/Architects Electrical Engineers Electrical Engineers PCB Design Engineers PCB Design Engineers Plan connector choices earlier in the design. See 2026 trends in bandwidth, power density, and sustainability. Read Article