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by bbourn 4mo ago
Can you elaborate on what you mean by “it’s almost assumed..”? I’m actively working on datasheet parsing at scale at Zenode.ai, and I haven’t read anything specifically about this…
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What it takes to Replace an Electronic Component(zenode.ai)
7 points by bbourn 4mo ago|1 comments
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by bbourn 4mo ago
This is basically just a vent about all the sh!t i've dealt with over the years as a EE
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by bbourn 1y ago
Thank you! Yeah, missing pricing and availability is a tough one, but I'm really hoping we'll be able to get it from the distributors in return to funneling better traffic towards their sites...
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by bbourn 1y ago
We've actually heard this from a few industries, there's definitely a lot of different vertical AI opportunities here! Right now we're very focused on just doing electronic components, but maybe someday!
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by bbourn 1y ago
Yeah, this was actually a nightmare . We had to create "canonicals", which ended up being a mix of regex, machine learning and good old manual human labor. Fortunately, we could usually rely on the datasheet as the 'source o
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by bbourn 1y ago
That's the hope, but thus far we've been heads down building, and haven't had much time to chat with those folks.
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by bbourn 1y ago
From all of our customer interviews, almost everyone used Digikey and the occasional manufacturer website to find parts. Because of that, we're seeing many people put the parameters they're looking for directly into the search. Af
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by bbourn 1y ago
ChatGPT has definitely spoiled us all, but we're working to improve performance every day. Thus far we've usually prioritized accuracy over speed since there isn't much room for error in this industry, but hopefully our curr
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by bbourn 1y ago
Well, that's super annoying, we definitely don't want that, thanks for finding and letting us know! We'll have it fixed shortly.
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by bbourn 1y ago
Digikey's parametrics were the best in industry prior to ours, but they were still really painful to use because of the strings. But to even get to the parametrics, you first have to know in advance the category and subcategory names o
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by bbourn 1y ago
We're learning a lot here, since this always happened AFTER we handed over the BOM. It certainly seems like a pain, particularly when a supplier ends up being a critical bottleneck (always late, overcharging, etc). The number one req
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by bbourn 1y ago
Yeah, Moat's are tricky in the age of AI. We think there's always room for a standalone interface in this niche sector, given the sheer amount of data that needs to get presented (with no room for hallucinations). But beyond the
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by bbourn 1y ago
Thanks, that's why we built it! We're big digikey fans, and have spent hundreds of hours on the site, but that doesn't mean it's without room for improvement!
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by bbourn 1y ago
Solid questions, you've clearly been burned before lol. 1) Document revisions can be a bit hard to handle, but we currently look for any dates or document numbers present, and when possible we just show the latest. However, plenty o
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by bbourn 1y ago
Awesome, that was one of the top reasons we built it, tired of clicking on strings lol. What are you working on specifically? Would love to chat and see what we can do to help!
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by bbourn 1y ago
No, we had those built a few versions back, but nobody used them and they were a pain to maintain so we took them out
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Show HN: Zenode – an AI-powered electronic component search engine(zenode.ai)
19 points by bbourn 1y ago|38 comments
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by bbourn 2y ago
This is actually well said. One of the issues we had to overcome with Zenode was the fact that people reference the same information in completely different ways. For example, "what's the nominal power draw" and "what&
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by bbourn 2y ago
Damn, yeah, we added the ability for the AI to set filters based on the input over the weekend and it has definitely slowed things down. We've got a rust script thats going out today to speed things up and add more functionality (like
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by bbourn 2y ago
AI for Electronics; www.zenode.ai
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by bbourn 2y ago
Hey, don't tell everyone our secret sauce! ;) But yeah, you hit it on the head. LLMs alone were not enough to be able to read the datasheet. It took a mix of different algorithms, including OCR, Computer Vision, Neural Nets, and yes,
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by bbourn 2y ago
We think it is, but filters are just the tip of the iceberg for what a true AI for electronics can do. Our service also uses Machine Learning to rank the results according what components you already think will or will not work for your se
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by bbourn 2y ago
You should try www.Zenode.ai and tell us what you think! We did a lot of work to show all the components that could work, and use the AI to rank them according to what would work best for your needs. We still have a TON of things to do, b
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by bbourn 2y ago
This is exactly how and why we built www.Zenode.AI. It's a search engine for electronic components that uses and AI model trained to read the component datasheets AI is the perfect tool for this task, but LLMs alone aren't capabl
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by bbourn 2y ago
This is the kind of software that makes me excited, the future is going to be so much less wasted resources and so much more time spent building!
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by bbourn 2y ago
This is amazing, thank you for building!!!
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by bbourn 5y ago
Well that's just plain rude.
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Covid's Done, SF's Still Fun, Meet Everyone in Summer 2021
1 points by bbourn 5y ago|3 comments
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Best events/techniques to build professional network?
3 points by bbourn 5y ago|1 comments

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