Search form
When using the MAGIC-BOM, a suggestion is made for the components that we have in stock, which you can accept with "Accept & Continue".
However, components may not be found or you may want to provide another component.
If no suitable component is found from our inventory, two fields appear automatically: "Find component" and "Advanced component search" in the "Component details" window.
The window can also be called up via "Choose another component" if you have received a suggestion from us but prefer another component.
Find component
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- Find component
The designation assigned to the component, which we take from your layout, is automatically inserted into the two fields "Package" and "Value". If you click on "Find component", the "Select Component to add" window opens. At the top is the "Suggested component MAGIC-BOM", highlighted by a yellow bar. This is the component suggested from our stock.
- Further component suggestions
Under "Other component suggestions" you can use the additional parameters capacitance, resistance and voltage to further narrow down the search results.
The components found by MAGIC-BOM are listed in a table. If you click on "Add" here, you will return to the "Component details" window.
Important information about the component is now listed under "Selected component details" in the middle of the window. A link takes you to the supplier's website. Under "Remarks" you can provide us with additional information.
If no result is found, you have the option to search with changed entries.
Designation advice
Often the name or value may not be very suitable for searching, such as the word "resistance" in the field "value".
At this point it is recommended to check your layout for possible improvements in the name. As already mentioned, these can be custom names, swopped numbers, missing spaces, etc. You can correct these directly in the MAGIC-BOM.
Deleting an underscore, inserting a space etc. is often enough to get a result or to improve the result.
An MPN number is always optimal, since this is a unique and exact specification.
- Extended component search
If no result is found under "Find component", you can search again with the MPN number, the SKU number or a description.
MPN and SKU number
MPN is short for Manufacturer Part Number. It is a unique number assigned by the manufacturer to identify individual products. Typically, a product's MPN number consists of a series of numbers and letters.
Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) means something like storage unit. The SKU number is therefore a number that is assigned to a product in order to identify the price, the product options and the manufacturer of the goods. A SKU number is not universal but may differ from provider to provider, since providers such as suppliers assign their own SKU numbers to manage their inventory. In the example, this number is e. g. called Digi-Key Part Number.
SKU number and MPN number
In the example opposite, the MPN number is: SN74HCT245PWR and the SKU number: 296-8404-1-ND.
A possible description, if the numbers are not known, could e. g. for this component be "IC NON-INVERT 5.5V 20TSSOP".