Make Electrical Component Selection Suck Less
We're building Merlin to speed up electrical component selection, starting with ceramic capacitors. Overview video: https://youtu.be/FrGrivAKhnc The problem: We hated the tedious work of choosing components: copying specs into spreadsheets, taking screenshots from multiple datasheets, and cross-referencing parameters across manufacturers. What we built: - A comparison tool that displays all relevant electrical/mechanical specs along with the performance curves in a single view - An alternates tool that identifies equivalent parts based on a reference component We think…
Make Electrical Component Selection Suck Less launched on November 4, 2025 with 8 votes, #1,383 of 9,796 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
What it does
We're building Merlin to speed up electrical component selection, starting with ceramic capacitors. Today we're launching our comparisons and alternates tool.
In the maker’s words, at launch
We're building Merlin to speed up electrical component selection, starting with ceramic capacitors. Overview video: https://youtu.be/FrGrivAKhnc The problem: We hated the tedious work of choosing components: copying specs into spreadsheets, taking screenshots from multiple datasheets, and…
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