Product Feature
Filter more than 1 billion components by electrical, thermal, mechanical, and environmental specs. Start from the specs you need instead of hunting through PDF datasheets.
Overview
Advanced Parametric Search is the discovery engine inside Part Risk Manager. Instead of chasing a part number you may not have, you filter more than 1 billion components by the parameters that define the design: operating temperature, package, voltage, tolerance, technology, memory size, and more. Candidates come back ranked by how closely they match, so you qualify parts instead of reading datasheets one PDF at a time.
New product introduction and alternate sourcing begin the same way: you know the specs, not the part. You set operating temperature, package and pin count, voltage and tolerance bands, and any technology constraints, then Part Risk Manager returns every component that fits. That is how engineers find a second source during allocation, qualify a drop-in for an obsolete part, or scope a new design before committing to one manufacturer. Running against more than 1 billion components, the candidate pool covers every part that meets your envelope, not one catalog or one distributor's stock.
The filters span the attributes that drive part selection: voltage, current, and tolerance on the electrical side; operating temperature on the thermal side; package, mounting, and pin count on the mechanical side; plus moisture sensitivity level and lifecycle status. Function-specific attributes like technology, memory size, and organization narrow ICs to the exact configuration your design needs, and filters stack so a search runs as loose or precise as the task requires. Z2 normalizes the data from manufacturer documentation, so you compare like for like instead of reconciling datasheet formats by hand.
Results come back ordered by how well each component matches your specification, so the strongest candidates sit at the top instead of buried in an unsorted table, and the search surfaces alternate and equivalent parts alongside your primary results for a ready shortlist of substitutes. Because it lives inside Part Risk Manager, every candidate carries through to the risk view: from a result you open lifecycle, compliance, multi-source availability, and supplier risk, so a part that looks right parametrically gets vetted before it reaches the BOM.
Parametric Search covers passives, actives, connectors, discretes, and integrated circuits, with the attribute set adapting to each category: a capacitor search exposes capacitance, voltage, dielectric, and tolerance, a connector search exposes pin count, pitch, and mounting, and an IC search exposes technology, memory size, and organization. So one tool serves the whole bill of materials, whether you qualify a resistor alternate, scope a connector family, or find a pin-compatible microcontroller, all in one interface against one normalized dataset.
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Advanced Parametric Search is one capability inside Z2 Part Risk Manager, the industry's largest component intelligence platform. Search and score 1B+ parts across obsolescence, compliance, sourcing, and supplier risk, all in one view.
Common Questions
Yes, that is what it is built for. You enter the specs your design requires, such as operating temperature, package, voltage, and tolerance, and Part Risk Manager returns every matching component from more than 1 billion parts.
More than 50 parameters covering electrical, thermal, mechanical, and environmental specs, such as operating temperature, package, voltage, tolerance, moisture sensitivity level, technology, and memory size. The attributes adapt to the category, so passives, actives, connectors, discretes, and ICs each expose the filters that matter.
Search runs inside Part Risk Manager, so every result is linked to its full risk profile. From a candidate you found by spec, you can open its lifecycle, compliance, multi-source availability, and supplier risk, confirming it is low-risk before it goes onto a BOM.
