I’ve experienced a lot of pain with a recent project and wanted to share some thoughts: I was doing the PCB layout on a time-critical project and needed component footprints and 3D step models. Many ...

Electronic design trends include the use of open-source hardware designs and the open-source schematic and PCB layouts that accompany them. This growing trend is explained by the ease with which ...

How design reuse and IP management drive engineering excellence. In today’s electronics industry, product complexity ...

Several browser-based PCB design tools have emerged in the past couple of years, yet the vast majority of designers are still using the same desktop applications that have dominated the EDA industry ...

GENEVA -- CERN has released its complete KiCad component library under an open source license, making more than 17,000 electronic component symbols and footprints available to PCB designers worldwide.

Cadence Design Systems has started bringing artificial intelligence (AI) into the fold on its flagship chip design suite to help designers build smaller, faster processors that consume less power and ...

A tool that can strip away complex CAD layers, revealing PCB signals instantly and hinting at a shift in how engineers access ...

In today’s electronics industry, compact, efficient, and versatile PCBs are in high demand. Rigid-flex technology allows engineers to design boards that bend and flex without compromising performance ...

The latest version of this software, DesignSpark PCB version 12, is backed by the support of Infineon, Germany’s largest semiconductor manufacturer, and introduces new features for both free and paid ...

It directly affects electrical performance, manufacturing yield, PCB layout complexity and long-term reliability. There are ...