Ciiva Search
Use the Ciiva Search panel to search the Ciiva site for parts from within Altium Designer.
Summary
The Ciiva Search panel brings the powerful Ciiva search engine inside Altium Designer. It includes similar functionality to searching directly on Ciiva.com, such as an image, details of the part's properties, lifecycle status, supply chain options, and possible alternative parts. It also includes a Favorites tab, add parts to this via the right-click menu in the Search tab, to have easy access to them.
Access
To open the Ciiva Analysis panel:
- Click on the System button on the lower right hand side of the application, and select Ciiva Search from the menu that appears, or
- Click View » Workspace Panels » System » Ciiva Search.
Options/Controls
The panel has 2 distinct regions:
- List of parts - searched-for or favorite parts are displayed in a spreadsheet-like list in the upper part of the panel. Use the Mousewheel to scroll up and down the list, hold Shift as you roll to scroll horizontally. Right-click on a part to: place it, add to/remove from Favorites; view details of this part on Ciiva.com; or copy the part's attributes onto the Windows clipboard.
- Details of currently selected part - the lower part of the panel displays information about the currently selected part. This data is displayed over five tabs: Technical, Supply Chain, ECAD, Alternatives, and Related, which are described below.
Panel Tabs
The two regions of the panel have the following tabs:
- Search - lists parts returned by the Ciiva search engine that satisfy the search string. Right-click on a part to add it to your Favorites list.
- Favorites - a user-defined list of parts. Parts are added to the Favorites list via the right-click menu in the search results, and are removed from the Favorites list via the right-click menu in the Favorites tab.
- Technical - this section of the panel details the technical properties of the part currently selected in the upper region of the Ciiva Search panel (Search or Favorites tab).
- Supply Chain - this section displays a graph of the last 3 years of the Lifecycle Status History.
- ECAD - this section displays the Altium symbol and footprint that have been attached to the Ciiva part currently selected in the upper region of the panel.
- Alternatives - this section lists parts that are considered to be alternatives to the Ciiva part currently selected in the upper region of the panel.
- Related - this section lists...