When assembling or repairing electrical equipment, situations often arise when it is necessary to replace any spare part with a similar one. And often it needs to be done very urgently. But it takes a very long time to find a suitable replacement in the traditional way. Manual analysis of PDF specifications and excel catalogs requires experience and specialized knowledge. You will have to make cross-tabulations, which still do not reflect the full picture.
Evaluation of analogs for a linear voltage regulator
Finding a replacement for a linear voltage regulator manually takes hours to a week. First, you need to find several analogs, and then check in detail their technical characteristics and other parameters. Critical parameters include:
• Input voltage level;
• Requires voltage reference;
• Required current;
• Trace on the printed circuit board;
• Maximum permissible quiescent current.
Sometimes, with the same technical characteristics, parts show different results in laboratory tests. If the project is expensive, then you should also compare information from the latest tests conducted by manufacturers. And this data is rarely published in online catalogs. We have to look for manuals and brand specifications. Also, price and delivery speed often play an important role, so these factors must also be taken into account.
SourcingBot automates analog selection for linear voltage regulator
The SourcingBot service helps to significantly reduce the time spent on finding the desired part. The whole process of selection of analogs and their comparison is fully automated. The database is loaded with information on a variety of spare parts for electrical engineering. Moreover, the service uses only the most accurate information from manufacturers. Upon request, you can receive a description and laboratory test results in order to make the best possible decision. In the system settings, you can specify the units of measurement if manufacturers from different countries use different designations. In the results of the issuance, you will receive the data reduced to a single form. The list of parts is ranked from the maximum match of all characteristics as a percentage to the minimum. You can also set the desired brands or country of production so that other results are not displayed.
The SourcingBot service database includes not only all proven manufacturers of linear voltage regulators. There you can also find replacements for resistors, capacitors, inductors, various types of connectors and terminal blocks.
