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March 20, 2026 | PRNewswireEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
DigiKey, the global distribution leader of electronic components and automation products, announces the availability of an enhanced eDesignSuite experience, developed through a collaboration with STMicroelectronics (ST) and Ultra Librarian. The improved tool environment allows engineers to design, simulate, refine and confidently validate their projects using ST components and to purchase their entire bill of materials (BOM) directly from DigiKey in a few easy steps.
The eDesignSuite, developed by ST, is a free, publicly accessible, no-license-required online design platform that provides a unified workflow for power management, signal conditioning, NFC/RFID applications and other design domains. The collaboration with DigiKey and Ultra Librarian expands the platform's capabilities by tightly integrating component models, simulation flows, BOM management and multi-CAD exports.
"DigiKey is excited to collaborate with ST and Ultra Librarian to bring engineers a unified online tool that accelerates their design process," said Nick D. Olson, supplier business development manager at DigiKey. "The deep integration within the eDesignSuite environment gives users advanced BOM verification, enhanced simulation insight, and a direct path from design to purchase, all of which help bring new products to market faster."
The enhanced eDesignSuite experience provides several new and expanded capabilities, including:
- Integrated thermal and electrical simulation support through SIMPLIS/SIMetrix, enabling deeper performance verification and design confidence
- Real-time BOM refinement with live impact analysis, allowing engineers to immediately see how parameter changes affect design choices and performance
- Seamless export of schematics and BOMs to multiple CAD environments, including OrCAD, Altium and Eagle
- Application-specific design support, including power management design, thermal-electrical simulation, signal conditioning and NFC/RFID calculators
These capabilities make ST the first integrated circuit vendor to offer this level of design tool connectivity with DigiKey's purchasing systems.
The enhanced eDesignSuite provides an end-to-end workflow that helps engineers:
- Efficiently evaluate operating conditions, waveforms and design alternatives
- Validate the impact of component selections
- Generate finalized schematics and BOM files
- Export to preferred CAD environments
- Purchase the entire BOM from DigiKey in a few streamlined steps
"This valuable collaboration with DigiKey and Ultra Librarian extends eDesignSuite from a powerful design tool into a unified design-to-purchase environment," said Patrizia Bellitto, SW system tools - appl. manager at STMicroelectronics. "By connecting simulation, component selection, CAD export and purchasing in a single browser-based environment, we're simplifying the engineer's journey and making it easier to design with ST technologies."
"Ultra Librarian is focused on simplifying the path from design to procurement," said Gopu Achath, vice president of technology at Ultra Librarian. "Through our integration with STMicroelectronics eDesignSuite, engineers can now seamlessly access component data and upload BOMs to DigiKey, creating a faster and more connected design environment."
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