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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

A trip to last month's PCB Design Conference East has reinforced a long-standing opinion of mine regarding the printed-circuit-board (PCB) design-tool industry—it's not very dynamic. Progress in board ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the last five months, I’ve been writing a series of posts describing how to build a PCB in every piece of software out there. Every post in this series takes a reference schematic and board, and ...

The new DesignSpark PCB version 12 enables complete, error-free PCB designing enhanced for greater results. DesignSpark PCB v12, backed by Infineon, introduces new features for both free and paid ...

KiCAD EDA is a free, open-source, and cross-platform electronic design automation suite. This software contains three different modules including Schematic Editor, PCB Layout, and 3D Viewer. Schematic ...