Solution Advisor sure was nice. At least one could narrow to a few parts with the parametrics you might be seeking. Right now I have been trying to find smaller body Kinetis parts (say QFN 24-44 pins) with USB and other features but it requires slogging through tons of data sheets and I typically use Digikey searches as it tends to get me in the ball park faster than NXP product selector which I find to be not very helpful. The Solution advisor, even if they brought it back as a more robust parametric search would be awesome. Having an ability to select by body, pin count, functions, etc. would be really helpful. Trying to find a part with flexbus is a challenge...if you have a few days to dig, I had to dig through lots of data sheets before stumbling onto a part that had flexbus....shouldn't have to be that way. My 2-cents worth. Usually, we are searching by major peripheral components (USB, flexbus, and other I/O) and by body size as you typically have PCB board space issues and you have a rough feel for how many I/Os you require. Having something that would indicate all the part numbers that might fit into your requirements might turn up a part number that is more than expected....that would be awesome.
