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.

Meanwhile, Protel, now named Altium, purchased Accel Technologies to offer customers an upgrade path from its traditional shrink-wrap tools to Accel's more-elaborate, lower-mainstream pcb tools.

Online PCB design tools can help streamline your design process and make collaboration easier. Printed circuit board (PCB) design is a complex endeavor, ...

The first fully featured PCB design tool available free of charge to all without limitation is the claim made by RS Components for DesignSpark PCB. The only limitation is that you have to join the ...

Here is a list of some best free Electronic Design Automation software (EDA) software for Windows to plan, implement, simulate, and verify electronic systems.

RS, a global product and service solutions provider for industrial customers, released a new version of DesignSpark PCB as part of its commitment to its 1.4-million-member community to continually ...

Tools that support collaborative design, such as cloud-based PCB design software, further enhance this streamlined workflow by allowing real-time collaboration and updates. Enhanced Knowledge Sharing ...

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 Autotra… ...

Fritzing is a tool just like MS Paint if MS Paint didn’t have the color blue. Creating a custom part is necessary functionality of a PCB design tool.

At the recent CadenceLive event, Cadence Design Systems highlighted how it is bringing aspects of generative AI to new versions of its semiconductor chip design and PCB design tools.