RS Components has announced the latest release of DesignSpark PCB, its free downloadable PCB design tool, which now can draw the approximate routing path and allow algorithms to draw the best tracks ...

RS has added subscription-based improved access to its DesignSpark CAD tools for mechanical and PCB design. Free access will be retained, through a service called DesignSpark Explorer. “Likely to suit ...

This version, which has been sponsored by Würth Elektronik, a manufacturer of electronic and electromechanical components, represents what’s being described as a significant leap forward in PCB design ...

Mike Bray, Vice President of Innovation and DesignSpark at RS, discusses the next phase in the lifecycle of DesignSpark. For some time now, RS has been delivering free design tools for engineers via ...

Charles Pfeil is an Engineering Director in the Systems Design Division at Mentor Graphics. My first experience with computerized printed-circuit-board (PCB) design was in 1978 when I acquired two ...