Startup Celus GmbH, founded in 2018, has announced the general availability of its AI-assisted hardware design platform, which is designed to help engineers find the right components for their projects by using smart algorithms and machine learning and AI. The new technology automates the early stage of design, delivering schematics, layout and bill of materials (BOM). It also provides project packages for integration with EDA tools.
The CELUS Design Platform simplifies the electronics design process by converting technical requirements into schematic prototypes in less than an hour, which “radically” accelerates the electronics design process, the company said. The design platform streamlines the design process by providing a block diagram interface that captures functional requirements and specifications, providing component recommendations, and using algorithms and automation capabilities to create a comprehensive BOM and detailed schematics automatically.
“With more than 600 million components available to electronics designers, the task of identifying and selecting the ones right for any given project is at best a challenge,” said Tobias Pohl, co-founder and CEO of Celus, in a statement. “We developed the CELUS Design Platform to handle the heavy lifting and intricate details of product design to drive innovation and expand demand creation in a fraction of the time required of traditional approaches.”
The design platform introduces the company’s CUBO concept that uses modular design to capture functionalities and requirements as modular design blocks. These CUBOs correspond to specific functionalities, the company said, such as a temperature sensor, microcontroller or other key component functions.
An example CUBO block (Source: Celus GmbH)
Each CUBO is a well-defined application of an electronic component, Celus said. For example, an I2C environmental sensor that works at 3.3 V.
The company describes this concept as “datasheets redefined” with all the information needed about an electronic component for engineers to develop hardware. This includes information on component placement, pricing, availability and documentation. These modules, or all-inclusive digital datasheets, provide all the necessary design information for an application ready to use by an EDA , along with the BOM, specifications, netlist and interfaces.
Celus offers nearly 100 reference designs, or projects, today on the platform, which will continue to grow. Three application examples include a weather station, a robotic arm controller and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth GPS position tracker.
The design platform currently features a broad range of component suppliers and over 17 million parts, and integrates with leading ECAD tools. Click here for a quick demo.
Celus was founded by a team of mechanical, electrical and aeronautical engineers and is supported by an advisory board of industry experts. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, Celus also has an office in Portugal and recently added a U.S. headquarters in Austin, Texas.
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