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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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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…
Technical Documentation Search Query Reference This document is a reference guide for the syntax, operators, and conventions used in the Workspace hardware design search language. Search queries are based on a familiar field:value syntax, and can be used to perform quick, simple searches through to constructing powerful and precise queries. See Web Viewer Search for related usage information. Search Syntax and Guide The below reference…
Technical Documentation Global Sharing of Data One of the most powerful aspects of the Altium 365 infrastructure platform is its support for collaboration on a global scale. At the heart of this is the platform's support for Global Sharing. With Altium 365, you can effortlessly share your current design progress with management, or purchasing, or a potential manufacturer, in a way that is also easy for them – simplified, interactive…
Technical Documentation Electronic System Design In early stages of electronic designs, it is important to define the design on the conceptual/functional level. This initial step serves as a crucial foundation for the entire development process, providing a high-level overview of the system's architecture and its primary elements. A well-crafted block diagram clarifies the major functional units of the electronic system and illustrates their…
Technical Documentation Renesas 365 Renesas 365, powered by Altium, is built on the Altium 365 platform and developed for electronics system design. It liberates engineers by unifying development workflows to improve efficiency and accelerate design cycles from concept to volume production. The main, high-level entity in Renesas 365 is a Solution that unifies different aspects of the system that you create – system design, software…
Technical Documentation Viewers Troubleshooting Guide To ensure a smooth experience with Altium 365 Viewer and the Web Viewer interface within the Altium 365 platform itself, ensure you have: The latest version of a supported Web Browser installed. That WebGL (or WebGL 2.0) is enabled for it. That the option to use 'Hardware Acceleration' is enabled for your browser where available. This will typically result in a far smoother viewing experience,…
Technical Documentation Viewing Manufacturing Packages The Manufacturing Package Viewer, an element of the Altium 365 platform's Global Sharing support, allows invited stakeholders to view a manufacturing package from any web browser – anywhere in the world – but outside of your Workspace, so that your designs themselves and other valuable IP are kept off limits. The Viewer opens in its own browser tab and provides a summary overview of the design,…
Technical Documentation Altium 365 Viewers Web Viewer Altium 365's Web Viewer interface provides universal access to PCB project documents through a standard web browser. Much more than just a web-based viewer, Web Viewer's 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…