We built a tool to make finding component alternates less painful
We launched a component alternate/cross-reference tool today and figured some people here might find it useful.
A lot of us have had the same experience:
- a part goes EOL or out of stock
- you find “equivalents”
- then spend the next few hours opening datasheets trying to figure out whether any of them are actually usable
We built this mostly because we were frustrated with that workflow ourselves.
The tool takes a part number, searches for possible substitutes, and then compares things like:
- specs
- pinouts
- packaging
- lifecycle/availability
- functional differences
It also links back to the source datasheets so you can verify everything yourself.
Still early and definitely not perfect, but would genuinely be interested in hearing where it fails or gives questionable recommendations.
u/YearEvery280 — 6 days ago