There are many powerful and easy-to-use electronic design automation (EDA) software packages available for PCB designers today. Here's a closer look at some. There are many powerful and easy-to-use ...

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 ...

Skills shortages in engineering have long been recognised and are impactful to many organisations in the manufacturing space.

Out of curiosity, I redrew the Supercon Vectorscope badge schematics in KiCad last year. As you might suspect, going from PCB to schematic is opposite to the normal design flow of KiCad and most other ...

1. PCB design represents just one segment of a larger system design that starts with integrated-circuit fabrication. Higher-speed connections and SWaP (size, weight, and power) consistently raise the ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. This article takes a look at how to get a 3D preview of a printed-circuit-board (PCB) project designed using mid-level ...

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 — ...

Printed circuit board (PCB) design is a complex endeavor, but it’s more manageable when you have access to the right tools. Numerous companies now offer PCB design tools that allow collaboration ...

PCB design tools have traditionally revolved around software packages users would download and install on their own PCs or workstations. A startup company called Flux is trying to change that ...