Hackaday

New Tool Makes 3D Printed PCBs, Fast

Getting PCBs made is often the key step in taking a dodgy lab experiment and turning it into a functional piece of equipment.
Electronic Design

PCB Design Tool Handles Advanced Placement and BOM Chores

Altium’s latest printed circuit board (PCB) design tool, Designer 16, incorporates a range of new features including a new component-placement system and an alternate parts-choice system. The improved ...
Hackaday

This Four-Axis Stencil Printer Is The Ultimate In SMD Alignment Tools

Here at Hackaday we love all kinds of builds, and we celebrate anytime anyone puts parts together into something else. And while we love the quick and dirty builds, there’s just something about the ...
EDN

Gentrification hits pcb tools

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 wondering aloud whether ...
Electronics Weekly

RS adds mechanical design export to open-source PCB tool

RS Components has upgraded its DesignSpark PCB design tool with a simplified export to DesignSpark Mechanical, cross probe and custom shortcuts. DesignSpark PCB, which the distributor is positioning ...
EDN

Gentrification hits PCB design tools

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 ...