RS Components and Accelerated Designs Introduce A New Series of Free Schematic Symbols and PCB Footprints
SINGAPORE, Sept. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — RS Components (RS) the world’s leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), and Accelerated Designs today announced the introduction of a new series of component libraries to provide customers with schematic symbols and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) footprints for an extensive range of products from STMicroelectronics and Microchip Technology.
Thousands of PCB footprints and schematic symbols are available for free download in a vendor-neutral format from the RS online DesignSpark electronics design community and resource centre, and can be exported to virtually any EDA and CAD/CAE system using Accelerated Designs’ Ultra Librarian (UL) translator software, thus saving the design engineer valuable time and effort in the CAD design process. The UL Reader also supports the free DesignSpark PCB design tool from RS that offers powerful schematic capture and PCB layout software.
Martin Keenan, Programme Manager for DesignSpark PCB at RS Components, said, “RS is committed to supporting the needs of electronics design engineers and to removing barriers to innovation. Engineers today spend a considerable amount of time creating symbols and footprints for their particular CAD suite. Accelerated Designs’ free UL Reader simplifies this process and helps speed up the ‘Find, Design and Buy’ activities of our Electronics customers.”
“Making our free Ultra Librarian software available through the RS online DesignSpark resource centre means that our customers can easily access all of the critical data they need to begin the CAD design process. This collaboration will help accelerate time to market for their products,” commented Frank Frank, President of Accelerated Designs.
The free Ultra Librarian software, including footprints and symbols, is available now for download at: www.designspark.com. Bill of Materials (BOM) reports can be generated and prices quoted using the free Online Quotes tool from RS.
ABOUT RS COMPONENTS
RS Components is the world’s leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products serving 1.6 million customers worldwide. Through operations in 32 countries and 17 warehouses, the Group distributes 550,000 products ranging from semiconductors and optoelectronics to power tools and protective clothing. The product and service portfolio supports the entire product lifecycle from R&D through pre-production to maintenance and repair, shipping more than 46,000 parcels on the same day the orders are received.
RS Components and Allied Electronics are the trading brands of Electrocomponents plc. The Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the last financial year to 31 March 2011 had revenues of GBP1.18bn. For more information, please visit the website at www.rs-components.com .
ABOUT ACCELERATED DESIGNS
Accelerated Designs is a privately held company located it Huntsville, Alabama. It provides integrated circuit vendors, electronic manufacturers and electronic engineers with a one-stop source of data for all computer-aided design (CAD), simulation, 3D models and other engineering data in a form that allows them to customize the data to meet their own company requirements and the requirements of their customers. Its industrial-sized library tool, Ultra Librarian, and an existing library of 1,500,000 electronic design automation CAD parts can be ported to popular EDA CAD tools. Additional company information is available at http://www.accelerated-designs.com .