[mikeortman]

This has sooo much promise, I can't describe how excited I am and will definitely be contributing if I can.

This would make it easy to implement a fancy optimizer. Each component tends to have certain acceptable thresholds for their dependencies like input voltages, current limits, external resistor/capacitor/inductor values/ratings, etc.

Then, each component could have different implementations. You can have different manufacturers produce the exact same inductor/capacitor/resistor in different packages. You can link it up to your existing BOM or hook into vendor APIs to get pricing.

Imagine optimizing for cost, removing redundancy, simplifying footprints, and prioritizing in-stock inventory over new order components.

This could be a huge deal, looking forward to its progress

[napowderly]

We have been working on an optimizer for solving components that we will put a post out about soon. But the gist is figuring out which constraints are expensive, for example a precision inductor might be quite expensive, but a precision resistor is comparatively cheap. We can look at where to shift precision in your components to get the desired output for the lowest total cost. We already do a few things like prioritize in stock parts with high availability. I am excited to add more constraints, like board area, multi-sourcing etc.

[mawildoer]

That's awesome! We're definitely thinking along the same lines in terms of a lot of those optimisations / cost-functions.

Here's some of the basics Tim was playing with earlier: https://github.com/atopile/atopile/blob/d25686952534e0f96582...