1. A method for managing a programmable component, the method comprising: identifying a location on an object using a programming unit based on a position of the programming unit with respect to the object; identifying an association between the location on the object and a number of points in a point cloud for the object, wherein the number of points in the point cloud is associated with a component identification stored in a database; identifying programming information for the programmable component using the component identification associated with the number of points in the point cloud and the database; and programming the programmable component using the programming information for the programmable component.