We are happy to announce that we're partnering with Altium on an extension built on the Octopart API!

You can access the extension from within Altium Designer by going to DXP » Updates & Extensions menu. Once installed Octopart will appear under the Installed Tab. A restart of Altium Designer is required for the installation to complete.

If we had a penny for how many Octopart users we've talked to who use Altium, we'd have a lot of pennies. Many thanks to a handful of very patient beta testers from our community -- we couldn't have done it without you!

We love working with the excellent Altium team and are excited to get started working on the next thing (this is just the beginning!). So -- if you have an Altium license, please try it out and tell us what you think.

Read more about the partnership here.

Update: Robert Feranec over at FEDEVEL Academy has made a video tutorial on how to install and use the Octopart extension. Thanks Robert!