OrCAD CIS Farnell/Digi-Key integration
The Component Information Portal offers Cadence OrCAD Capture CIS / Allegro Design Entry CIS users a comprehensive, ‘off-the-shelf’ CIS management environment that includes a component library with a pre-defined set of fields to help take the guesswork out of defining a database schema. A web-based interface enables non-OrCAD Capture CIS users, like those in documentation and purchasing, to have access to the parts database behind OrCAD Capture CIS without using native software. CIP provides users with a distributor interface that allows distributor parts data to be downloaded directly into their CIS database. The Component Information Portal is available in two versions: CIP and CIP Enterprise. The standard version of CIP is delivered to customers as a single user license. It comes with a simplified Microsoft® Access database formatted with generic fields to store all component data. CIP Enterprise supports multiple users with different access rights, allowing organizations to implement a part approval process and adding a level of protection to help maintain the integrity of the corporate CIS database. The CIP Enterprise version is enhanced with a Microsoft SQL Server database that allows engineering teams to store component information in a multi-table structure specific to device type.

CIP	CIP Enterprise
Single user license	Includes 10 user logins
Microsoft Access database	Microsoft SQL Server database
1,500 part starter library with symbols and footprints	5,000 part starter library with symbols and footprints
Basic CIS database - single table structure	Advanced CIS database - multi-table structure
	Administrative privileges
	Email notification capabilities
	Distributor synchronization
	Associate multiple manufacturers to a single part using the relational database capability in OrCAD Capture CIS