Category: Software
KiCad Version 6.0.0 with New Interface and Improved PCB Design Experience
Many of you might be familiar with the Eagle PCB software suite for electronic design automation. Similar open-source software was introduced about 3 decades ago, KiCad EDA has released a new version with “substantial improvements”. If you are an embedded electronic hacker, KiCad is...
Continue ReadingSnapEDA is now available on every distributor website thanks to new Chrome extension
The new SnapEDA Chrome extension notifies electronics designers when computer-aided design (CAD) models are available and allows for one-click import into desktop CAD tools. Today, SnapEDA, the first search engine for electronics design is launching a new Chrome extension to allow...
Continue ReadingSnapEDA Desktop App is now available for Windows
What is the SnapEDA Desktop App? SnapEDA mission is to help engineers build products faster by removing design barriers. This is why they created the SnapEDA Desktop App. It allows our engineers to place parts seamlessly into their CAD tools in a Snap. Follow these steps to...
Continue ReadingSeeed’s Open Parts Library (OPL) adds SnapEDA models for faster electronics production
The addition of SnapEDA CAD models into the OPL further streamlines parts selection, design and manufacturing Today, Seeed, a leading global PCB manufacturer based in Shenzhen, is adding SnapEDA computer-aided design (CAD) models to the Seeed and ShenZhen Open Parts Libraries (OPLs),...
Continue ReadingHow to: Getting Started with LTspice
LTspice is powerful electronic circuit simulator software and it is free. Probably because it is free, not too much effort has been put into its user interface. Even though it is perfectly capable of what it is designed for, it does not look pretty and lacks user-friendliness. But with...
Continue ReadingBOMIST – Parts Inventory and BOM Management Software
We saw BOMIST first in late 2017. With a new version re-written from scratch being released by the end of 2020, we are revisiting it now. Although at first sight, we can spot quite a few similarities in regards to the UI, there is now more features (and very useful ones), better user...
Continue ReadingProteus Adds SnapEDA CAD Model Search to Boost Electronics Design Productivity
Engineers using the latest version of Proteus will now benefit from SnapEDA search integrated within its PCB design software, allowing them to innovate faster Today, SnapEDA, creators of the first search engine for electronics design, and Labcenter Electronics, creators of Proteus...
Continue ReadingADLINK adopts Upverter to offer customers full automation of SMARC carrier board design
ADLINK Technology Inc., a global leader in edge computing, announces its partnership with Altium, a leader in PCB design software, to offer a fully automated SMARC carrier design process to its customers, leveraging Upverter -- a web-based drag-and-drop designer tool. The Upverter tool...
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