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 ...

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 ...

Various techniques—ranging from x-ray and optical inspection through functional electrical test—have emerged to shorten time to market and reduce test costs while maintaining thorough fault coverage.

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 ...

We live in a golden age of free Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools. It wasn’t that long ago that an engineering workstation was an expensive piece of hardware running very expensive software ...

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 ...

Mentor Graphics is bringing together the IC design, package design and PCB layout in a single tool environment. The design environment called Xpedition Package Integrator flow can be used to integrate ...

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 ...