BOM check
Check a whole parts list at once.
Paste the part numbers from a bill of materials, with manufacturers where you have them. Every line comes back with exactly one status, and each kind of relationship keeps its own column — a mating connector is never counted as an alternative, and a part nobody has assessed is never reported as having none.
What each status means
- Published replacements
- The only results asserting a replacement relationship. Confirm application-specific fit before use.
- Functional equivalents only
- Similar function, not a confirmed drop-in. Engineering review is required before substitution. No published replacement yet.
- Context only
- Only same series, variants, superseded predecessors or mating counterparts — none of them a substitution claim. No published replacement yet.
- In catalogue — not assessed
- XrefBase carries this part with no relationships recorded yet. That means it has not been assessed — not that it has no alternative.
- Not in catalogue — not assessed
- XrefBase does not carry this number yet. A part absent from the catalogue has not been assessed — not cleared as having no alternative.
- Manufacturer needed
- More than one manufacturer's part matches this number. Choose one — there is no answer until you do.
- Not found under this manufacturer
- No match under the manufacturer given. The manufacturer may not be recognised — checking without it covers every manufacturer in the catalogue.
- Lookup failed — not checked
- XrefBase couldn't check this line. That is not an answer: retry it.
What each column claims
- Published replacements Asserts substitution
- The only results asserting a replacement relationship. Confirm application-specific fit before use.
- Functional equivalents Not a substitute
- Similar function, not a confirmed drop-in. Engineering review is required before substitution.
- Superseded predecessors Not a substitute
- Product history, shown for context only — not an alternative to this part.
- Same series Not a substitute
- Same family, different configuration. Family navigation, not a substitution claim.
- Variants Not a substitute
- The same part in a different keying, colour or packaging suffix.
- Mating counterparts Not a substitute
- What this component plugs into. These are never substitutes for it.