SAN MATEO, Calif — Consolidation in the printed-circuit board design tool industry has radically altered the landscape for these venerable products, to the point where some industry watchers are ...

This is the continuation of a series where I create a PCB in every software suite imaginable. Last week, I took a look at KiCad, made the schematic representation for a component, and made a schematic ...

Several tools now combine MCAD and ECAD in one simulation platform to facilitate analysis of ever-more-complex boards, as well as reduce overhead and potential errors. Higher-speed connections and ...

Whether Marie Antionette's infamous decree “Let them eat cake” to reports of starving subjects is true or not, a similarly apathetic response, “Let them ignore signal integrity,” could be imagined to ...

Cadence claims the artificial intelligence built into its Allegro X platform can help reduce turnaround times by 10X for PCB designs. Cadence Design Systems has started bringing artificial ...

Current printed circuit board (PCB) trends are leaning toward open hardware formats and control systems with PCB designs commonly accommodating existing development boards. These often employ daughter ...

Arrow is the latest distributor to partnership with a software design tool firm to connect PCB design tools to its component purchasing websites. Arrow has selected Cadence Design Systems as its main ...

Protel Autotrax is a PCB design tool first released for DOS in the mid-80s. Consider this a look at the history of PCB design software. I’m not recommending anyone actually use Protel Autotrax — ...

Mentor Graphics has redefined its PCB design tools with three software packages at price-points to address different parts of the design market, and some it is addressing for the first time. The ...

An open beta program has been announced by Altium for its community-driven PCB design tool. CircuitMaker, which is a free software offering, will be available worldwide to all interested electronics ...