May 31, 2022

Easily Find Electronic Components for Your Next PCB Design

41 minutes

What is the current state of the electronic industry? Dan Schoenfelder joins us today to discuss the most extreme problems the PCB design industry is currently facing: supply shortages, particularly the semi-conductor products and microcontrollers.

Tune in, or listen on the go. Learn how to keep up with the industry challenges through Nexar and Octopart.

Altium 365: Where the World Designs Electronics

Watch the video, click here.

Show Highlights:

Dan shares his background and role his role at Octopart and now as the Head of Nexar sales

Problems with the supply chain continue; how are companies coping with the shortages in semi-conductor products and microcontrollers?

What is lean manufacturing, and what drives an inflexible supply chain?

The effect of the pandemic on manufacturing facilities is still very apparent and may continue through 2013

Dan discusses the many benefits of utilizing Octopart to find and access electronic components data easily

Octopart is the search engine for electronics and makes a great tool to integrate into PCB design workflows

Dan shares Octopart’s new features, including the ability to filter and search by specs

How does the Nexar API help with democratizing information in the electronics industry?

Ability to obtain information through the Nexar API programmatically and incorporate that into native workflows inside the users’ businesses

Nexar works with the RAI to ensure that all data collected can be trusted

Dan talks about the Electronic Design to Delivery Index (EDDI), which is meant to provide users with free insight into what's happening in the electronic space in general

Supply Chain Resilience tools – help designers build thoughtful designs and build BOMs (Bill of Materials) that are resilient to unforeseen challenges

What’s coming next for Nexar?

Links and Resources:

Connect with Dan Schoenfelder on LinkedIn

Search electronic parts, visit Octopart.com

Design with the PCB Community, learn more about the Nexar ecosystem

Learn more about the Electronic Design to Delivery index (EDDI)

Watch Previous Episode with Dan Schoenfelder: Supply Chain Intelligence from Octopart

Connect with Zach on LinkedIn

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Altium Website

Download your Altium Designer Free Trial

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May 31, 2022

Easily Find Electronic Components for Your Next PCB Design

41 minutes

Tune in, or listen on the go. Learn how to keep up with the industry challenges through Nexar and Octopart.

Altium 365: Where the World Designs Electronics

Watch the video, click here.

Show Highlights:

Dan shares his background and role his role at Octopart and now as the Head of Nexar sales

Problems with the supply chain continue; how are companies coping with the shortages in semi-conductor products and microcontrollers?

What is lean manufacturing, and what drives an inflexible supply chain?

The effect of the pandemic on manufacturing facilities is still very apparent and may continue through 2013

Dan discusses the many benefits of utilizing Octopart to find and access electronic components data easily

Octopart is the search engine for electronics and makes a great tool to integrate into PCB design workflows

Dan shares Octopart’s new features, including the ability to filter and search by specs

How does the Nexar API help with democratizing information in the electronics industry?

Ability to obtain information through the Nexar API programmatically and incorporate that into native workflows inside the users’ businesses

Nexar works with the RAI to ensure that all data collected can be trusted

Dan talks about the Electronic Design to Delivery Index (EDDI), which is meant to provide users with free insight into what's happening in the electronic space in general

Supply Chain Resilience tools – help designers build thoughtful designs and build BOMs (Bill of Materials) that are resilient to unforeseen challenges

What’s coming next for Nexar?

Links and Resources:

Connect with Dan Schoenfelder on LinkedIn

Search electronic parts, visit Octopart.com

Design with the PCB Community, learn more about the Nexar ecosystem

Learn more about the Electronic Design to Delivery index (EDDI)

Watch Previous Episode with Dan Schoenfelder: Supply Chain Intelligence from Octopart

Connect with Zach on LinkedIn

Full OnTrack Podcast Library

Altium Website

Download your Altium Designer Free Trial

Learn More about Altium Nexus