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Showing posts with label BOM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BOM. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
BOM - Open generated outputs
Open generated outputs
When creating Excel BOM from Altium, I recommend that you check the Open generated outputs option.
This is because if you have the same BOM open (maybe it is behind a window or has been minimized to the task bar) Altium will not create the BOM and you will not receive any warning from Altium that the tool failed to create the BOM.
When creating Excel BOM from Altium, I recommend that you check the Open generated outputs option.
This is because if you have the same BOM open (maybe it is behind a window or has been minimized to the task bar) Altium will not create the BOM and you will not receive any warning from Altium that the tool failed to create the BOM.
Friday, February 8, 2013
AgileBOMV1.1.pas - Agile PLM BOM Output Generator
Additional Output Generators - English documentation - The Altium Wiki:
AgileBOMV1.1.pas
Default Path to AgileBOMV1.1.pas in AD10
C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD 10\Examples\Scripts\Delphiscript Scripts\WSM\Export To Agile
Sample Output:
Parent,Child,Qty,Find Num,Ref Des,BOM Notes
"<1234567890ABC>","1-5747871-3",4,10,"J1,J2,J3,J4",""
"<1234567890ABC>","71430-0008",1,20,"J5",""
AgileBOMV1.1.pas
Default Path to AgileBOMV1.1.pas in AD10
C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD 10\Examples\Scripts\Delphiscript Scripts\WSM\Export To Agile
Sample Output:
Parent,Child,Qty,Find Num,Ref Des,BOM Notes
"<1234567890ABC>","1-5747871-3",4,10,"J1,J2,J3,J4",""
"<1234567890ABC>","71430-0008",1,20,"J5",""
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Parts List - Arena Solutions
PartsList Arena Solutions
Import your PCB BOM. Let PartsList fill in the blanks. Documentation complete.
Import your PCB BOM. Let PartsList fill in the blanks. Documentation complete.
Live Supplier Data - BOM Generation - English documentation - The Altium Wiki
Live Supplier Data - BOM Generation - English documentation - The Altium Wiki
Altium has live links to supplier data. I personally do not place a high value on that feature, here is why.
My Altium DBLib database table already has 32 parameters before adding any pricing data and inventory data. I really don't need the extra work or the bloated library.
I have better options, like letting someone else do the job at no cost for me. I simply upload my BOM to one of my favorites suppliers and quickly get a fully costed BOM with availability, price, and end of life-cycle issues addressed in a report.
I have a few years of experience as buyer and planner for board projects. Experience has taught me that the inventory I found yesterday may not be available tomorrow.
More than once I have seen all available inventory vanish only a couple days after verifying availability. Maybe this is where the live link could be useful. But what happens two days later I release the project is anybody's guess.
Are you really worried about where you are going to find those 1K Ohm resistors or 1uF capacitors? I think not.
Regarding costing, an 0402 cap in 10K quantity is going to cost ~ $0.05. And that 1K resistor is going to cost ~ $.005 in volume. The cost for these jelly bean parts can quickly be estimated in a spreadsheet.
My real concerns are for the higher cost and higher risk parts, like connectors, micro-processors, flash memory, etc... which typically only account for only a few items on the BOM.
After a project is released from engineering to production the life-cycle and cost are normally tracked in a PLM and MRP system, not Altium.
Conclusion: I can not justify the time and effort required to add inventory pricing data to Altium libraries.
Altium has live links to supplier data. I personally do not place a high value on that feature, here is why.
My Altium DBLib database table already has 32 parameters before adding any pricing data and inventory data. I really don't need the extra work or the bloated library.
I have better options, like letting someone else do the job at no cost for me. I simply upload my BOM to one of my favorites suppliers and quickly get a fully costed BOM with availability, price, and end of life-cycle issues addressed in a report.
I have a few years of experience as buyer and planner for board projects. Experience has taught me that the inventory I found yesterday may not be available tomorrow.
More than once I have seen all available inventory vanish only a couple days after verifying availability. Maybe this is where the live link could be useful. But what happens two days later I release the project is anybody's guess.
Are you really worried about where you are going to find those 1K Ohm resistors or 1uF capacitors? I think not.
Regarding costing, an 0402 cap in 10K quantity is going to cost ~ $0.05. And that 1K resistor is going to cost ~ $.005 in volume. The cost for these jelly bean parts can quickly be estimated in a spreadsheet.
My real concerns are for the higher cost and higher risk parts, like connectors, micro-processors, flash memory, etc... which typically only account for only a few items on the BOM.
After a project is released from engineering to production the life-cycle and cost are normally tracked in a PLM and MRP system, not Altium.
Conclusion: I can not justify the time and effort required to add inventory pricing data to Altium libraries.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Octopart - Electronic Parts, Electronic Components, Datasheets
Discover how easy finding Electronic Parts can be, with availability and pricing shown from your favorite distributors.
Octopart - Electronic Parts, Electronic Components, Datasheets
Octopart - Electronic Parts, Electronic Components, Datasheets
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