CELUS Revolutionizes Electronics Design with BOM Automation
CELUS, a leading innovator in AI-assisted electronics design, has unveiled a significant enhancement to its bill of materials (BOM) experience within the CELUS Design Platform. This latest update is designed to empower electronic engineers by providing them with more streamlined, efficient, and intelligent ways to select the right components during the early phases of PCB design. Traditionally, engineers have had to spend extensive amounts of time—sometimes days, weeks, or even months—researching, evaluating, and manually compiling component specifications. CELUS is revolutionizing this process by offering an updated BOM view that simplifies selection with automated recommendations, ensuring efficiency and accuracy.
Addressing Key Challenges in Electronics Design
Electronics design is inherently complex, involving multiple considerations such as functionality, compatibility, cost, and supply chain constraints. Engineers must ensure that every component within their design meets the required specifications while also being viable in terms of availability, lifecycle stage, and cost-effectiveness. This process has long been a pain point in the industry, often leading to delays in development and unforeseen complications when procuring parts.
The CELUS Design Platform tackles these challenges head-on by incorporating AI-driven insights that automate and optimize BOM selection. The expanded BOM experience introduces new pricing, lifecycle, and supply chain data, enabling engineers to make well-informed decisions from the outset. By proactively assessing supply chain risks before procurement, engineers can avoid costly design iterations and last-minute changes caused by component shortages or obsolescence.
Advanced AI-Driven Component Selection
One of the standout features of the CELUS Design Platform is its proprietary AI algorithms, which analyze technical specifications, capabilities, and real-time supply data to provide engineers with highly relevant component recommendations. Unlike traditional methods, which require engineers to sift through endless datasheets and manually verify specifications, the CELUS Design Platform significantly reduces the burden by automating these tasks.
The updated BOM view is more than just a list of components—it offers guided suggestions tailored to specific project requirements. Engineers can explore detailed component views that highlight where each component is used and present viable alternatives. By simply clicking on a manufacturer’s part number or descriptor in the BOM, users can access a curated list of equivalent or substitute components, ensuring flexibility and adaptability in the design process.
Enhancing the BOM Experience with Accuris Data
A key component of this BOM enhancement is CELUS’s integration with Accuris, a leading provider of electronic component intelligence. This collaboration brings an added layer of precision and reliability to the component selection process. Engineers gain access to comprehensive datasets that include:
- Real-time pricing information to help balance cost-effectiveness and design feasibility.
- Lifecycle data to identify whether a component is in active production, approaching end-of-life, or already obsolete.
- Supply chain insights to ensure availability and prevent procurement bottlenecks.
With this integration, CELUS solidifies its position as a global leader in electronic design automation, offering a centralized hub for component selection and project execution.
Accelerating Time-to-Market
Speed is a critical factor in the electronics industry. With many electronic devices containing anywhere from 200 to 1,000 individual components, the ability to efficiently assemble a robust BOM can dramatically impact the time it takes to move from concept to production. By leveraging CELUS’s AI-driven automation, engineers can accelerate the development cycle, ensuring that projects progress smoothly without unnecessary delays.
This increased efficiency is particularly beneficial for companies operating in fast-paced sectors such as consumer electronics, automotive, industrial automation, and telecommunications. Whether working on new product development or iterative improvements to existing designs, engineers can rely on CELUS to eliminate bottlenecks and enhance productivity.
A New Era of Intelligent Electronics Design
Tobias Pohl, co-founder and CEO of CELUS, underscores the transformative potential of the new BOM experience:
“The ability to find the right components for electronic design projects is both overwhelming and time-consuming. For the visionaries who might not know where to start with turning their design into a reality or the engineers that have pricing or manufacturing preferences to consider, having a system that provides this insight for every component within a circuit is life-changing. The CELUS Design Platform with its new supply and pricing data minimizes the time spent on electronics design by recommending real-time component options that simply work, freeing makers to focus on the value of their projects rather than working on menial tasks to get them there.”
This statement highlights the fundamental shift that CELUS is driving in the industry. By eliminating much of the manual effort associated with BOM creation and component selection, CELUS is freeing up engineers to focus on innovation rather than administrative tasks.
Live Demonstrations at Embedded World 2025
For those interested in experiencing this new BOM enhancement firsthand, CELUS will be showcasing the latest integration of the CELUS Design Platform at the embedded world Exhibition & Conference, taking place at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Germany, from March 11-13, 2025. CELUS will be stationed at Booth No. 550 in Hall 4, where attendees can see live demonstrations and explore how the platform can be incorporated into their own design workflows.
Visitors to the CELUS booth will have the opportunity to:
- Engage with product specialists to learn more about AI-driven BOM automation.
- See real-time component recommendations in action.
- Gain insights into how CELUS can enhance their existing electronics design processes.
Those interested in booking a one-on-one session or personalized demonstration can contact [email protected] to schedule an appointment at the show.
The introduction of CELUS’s enhanced BOM experience marks a significant step forward in electronics design. By integrating AI-driven automation with comprehensive supply chain data, CELUS is redefining how engineers approach component selection, schematic generation, and overall design efficiency.
With the ability to minimize research time, streamline decision-making, and proactively address supply chain risks, engineers are better equipped than ever to bring their designs from concept to reality at an accelerated pace. As CELUS continues to push the boundaries of electronics design automation, its platform is set to become an indispensable tool for engineers and product developers worldwide.
