Mentor and DigiKey announce the availability of two new printed circuit board (PCB) design solution offerings, PADS® Maker and PADS MakerPro.

Design printed circuit boards from start to finish quickly and easily with PADS® Maker and PADS® Maker Pro.

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Mentor and DigiKey announce the availability of two new printed circuit board (PCB) design solution offerings, PADS® Maker and PADS MakerPro. These new offerings are targeted for the aspiring innovator who needs commercially proven technology at an affordable price point. The PADS Maker product is FREE while PADS MakerPro provides additional design capacity for $499. Both feature direct access, through PartQuest™, to DigiKey's part catalog for more than a million ready-to-use symbols and footprints, and to PADS AMS Cloud, a free, cloud-based, analog/mixed-signal circuit simulator.

Designers using the PADS Maker products can take advantage of enhanced features, including:

• Intuitive, powerful, and easy-to-use design environment from the leader in printed circuit board (PCB) design solutions: Mentor, a Siemens business
• Complete desktop environment with no requirement for cloud storage or community IP sharing
• QuickStart videos and documentation
• FREE access to PADS AMS Cloud for analog/mixed-signal simulation
• Scalability to the full PADS Product Creation platform for unrestricted design and layout, including access to HyperLynx® simulation and design verification
• Professional-quality schematic entry and layout for PCB design
• Integration with DigiKey’s full product catalog of over 5M components
• Direct, FREE access to over 1 million symbols and footprints through PartQuest
• Online customer support

PADS Maker is offered through a free, annual, renewable license. PADS MakerPro adds one year of enhanced support and increased design capacity, including additional layers and design size, for a one-time charge of $499.