1. Can Data Help Us Build Better Hardware Products?
CTO, Supplyframe
abradic@supplyframe.com
Aleksandar Bradic

2. 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...

3. Technical data can help
DATASHEETS
BOMs
PARTS/FAMILIES
OPEN HARDWARE DESIGNS
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
OPEN CORES
COMMUNITY CONTENT
(POSTS, COMMENTS)
REFERENCE DESIGNS
SCHEMATICS
PRICING/AVAILABILITY
PARAMETRIC INFORMATION
SEARCH DATA
COMMUNITIES
APPLICATIONS NOTES
NOTES
SNIPPETS
FORUMS

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

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

6. {
"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

7. Search Purchase
Search and Purchase for the first 9 monthsMAX232D
Part 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 Selection
BUYER
TPS54620RGY TPS54620RHLT
FFF1
TPS54620RHLR
FFF2
1 x TPS54620RGY $4.26
Semiconductors and Integrated
Circuits/Power Management ICs
Switching Regulators and Controllers
2 x MSS1038-103NLD $0.76
Passive Components/Inductors,
Chokes, Coils and Magnetics/Fixed
Inductors, Chokes and Coils
4 x TL431AIDBVR $0.11
Semiconductors 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$
And Innovative Tools...

8. Could it help us build better hardware products?

9. We hope so.