Partlane · by Prime EDA
The SiliconExpert data you already pay for, in your own library
You have a SiliconExpert contract. You have Altium 365. Partlane connects the two: your fields, your library, your database — for the whole library, not one part at a time.
Lifecycle data your engineers never see
SiliconExpert knows whether a part is obsolete, RoHS compliant and how long it has left. Your library, where engineers actually pick components, usually knows none of it.
51–66%of components marked unhealthy in the Altium dashboards of three real libraries we audited
1 at a timeis how component data gets updated by hand, which is why it does not happen
Twiceis how often companies end up paying for the same component intelligence
What Partlane does
Look a part up
See what SiliconExpert knows about one part, and why a part number is not being found.
Fill in one component
Write the fields you choose onto the component the designer is working on right now.
Sync the whole library
Keep every component current, in your fields, in your own component database.
Match manufacturer names
Without matching company names, part choices carry no stock, no price and no lifecycle at all.
How it works
- Your credentialsPartlane runs on your machine and signs in to your own SiliconExpert contract. Nothing is sent to Prime EDA.
- Your fieldsYou decide which SiliconExpert values land on which Altium parameter, and which of them are worth fetching at all.
- Your callEvery write is proposed first, approved by you, logged, and reversible afterwards.
How this differs from the built-in integration
Altium sells its own SiliconExpert extension, and for teams without a SiliconExpert contract that is the right answer. Partlane is for the teams that already have one.
| Altium's SiliconExpert extension | Partlane |
|---|
| Paid through | Altium, per unique part per year | The SiliconExpert contract you already have |
| Reach | Per part, on demand | The whole library, kept current |
| Data ends up in | Altium panels and ActiveBOM | Your component parameters and your own database |
| Best for | Teams without their own SiliconExpert contract | Teams with SiliconExpert and Altium 365 |
What Partlane does not do
- ×No cloud. It runs locally and sends nothing to us. Your component data never leaves your company.
- ×No silent writes. Every change is proposed, approved and logged, and can be undone.
- ×No borrowed contract. It runs on your SiliconExpert credentials, never on ours.
- ×No second tool to learn. It fills your Altium library; it does not build another screen inside Altium.
Read it before you talk to us
Every action has a written page: what it does, when to use it, what it needs, and what it leaves behind. No sign-up, no form.
Questions we get
- We already have the SiliconExpert integration in Altium.
- Then you are paying Altium per part, on top of your own SiliconExpert contract, and the data stays in Altium's panels. Partlane uses the contract you already have and writes into your own library and database.
- Does Prime EDA get to see our data?
- No. Partlane runs on your machine, on your credentials, and sends nothing to us. During a pilot we look at your screen, not at your data.
- Our IT does not install unknown software.
- Fair. It is a signed Windows application that runs locally and needs no server, no inbound connection and no admin rights beyond installation. We provide a one-page security summary for your IT department.
- It writes into our component library. What if it goes wrong?
- Nothing is written without your approval, every change is recorded, and any run can be reversed with the log it left behind.
- You are a small company. What if you stop?
- Then you keep what you have: our contract gives you a perpetual licence and the source code if Prime EDA ever stops supporting it.
Already paying for SiliconExpert?
Then the data is yours already. We are running Partlane with a small number of customers first, one month at a time, so we can see how it behaves in a real library before anyone commits to anything.
You need Altium 365 with write access, your own SiliconExpert contract, and Windows.
