TORONTO - SnapEDA has announced a partnership with a provider of a standard parts library to help electronics designers bring connected devices to market faster.

The Common Parts Library, created and hosted by Octopart, is said to speed component selection by guiding designers toward commonly used components and permitting contract manufacturers the convenience of knowing which parts they need on hand to leverage economies of scale.

Focused on the exploding realm of connected devices, such as Internet of Things and wearable technology applications, the Common Parts Library contains over 300 components, including Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules, connectors, op-amps, timers, and voltage regulators.

As the latest partner of the Common Parts Library, SnapEDA is providing schematic symbols and PCB footprints for all components contained in the library free of charge.

Like piecing together Lego, SnapEDA’s ready-to-use design libraries are the building blocks that accelerate innovation. Libraries can be exported immediately using SnapEDA’s powerful conversion technology to a growing list of popular electronics CAD software formats, including Eagle, KiCad, and Altium.

In a statement released at the Consumer Electronics Show, SnapEDA founder Natasha Baker said, "We are excited to support Octopart’s Common Parts Library, an innovative way for designers to speed up component selection. With the new addition of ready-to-use design data, engineers will now be able to move from the component selection stage straight through to design nearly instantly.”

Sam Wurzel, CEO of Octopart, added, "We're thrilled that SnapEDA has stepped up to generate component symbols and footprints for the Common Parts Library. This is a major step forward for hardware designers using the Common Parts Library in developing the next generation of IoT devices."

Links to design files are accessible directly from Octopart’s website. To ensure quality, all parts within the Common Parts Library have been tested for quality assurance, and are subject to SnapEDA’s unique social vetting system that allows designers to vouch for CAD parts or flag potential defects. All PCB footprints conform to IPC-7351 standards, and are licensed under Creative Commons’ ShareALike license.

With the new partnership, SnapEDA is aiming to further Octopart’s mission for the project to tighten development cycles and speed up the process of product development.

SnapEDA is a provider of electronics design data. Read PCD&F's profile of the company here.