Components are the atoms of electronics design, the fundamental building blocks. Drop the ball with components and the entire project comes to a halt. With the ever-growing demands for newer, more interesting products, or products that make more creative use of components, along with the steady stream of new and interesting parts appearing on the market virtually every day; it can quickly be overwhelming trying to keep up Much less building and maintaining a system that can keep on top of the engineering and supply chain intelligence that goes into the right part choice. And with easily 90% of the finished board cost wrapped up in your choice of components, the pressure to get it right has never been greater.