You can now find over 1.5 million SnapEDA CAD models on Digi-Key Electronics, a leading global distributor of electronic components. This means that Digi-Key customers can take advantage of SnapEDA’s free symbols, footprints and 3D models that are compatible with various E-CAD formats, including Altium, Fusion360, Eagle, KiCad, Allegro, OrCad, PADS and many more. About…
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Introducing our new collaboration with Panasonic to save you time designing electronics
Read moreToday, we are pleased to announce our new collaboration with the Japanese tech giant, Panasonic. Panasonic got its start in 1918, and is known in our consumer lives for everything from washing machines to televisions. However, if you’re an electronics designer, other products may spring to mind when you think “Panasonic” – specifically their passive…
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Introducing SnapEDA on Electronics-lab.com
Read moreToday we are announcing our collaboration with Electronics-Lab.com, an electronics engineering community and project sharing platform. Since its launch in 2003, Electronics-Lab.com has helped the engineering community worldwide by providing them with access to open source electronics projects, and electronic & electrical engineering news. With a common purpose of making engineers’ lives easier, SnapEDA and…
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Introducing SnapEDA on DesignSpark.com
Read moreToday we are pleased to announce our collaboration with DesignSpark, an online design community and resource centre for design engineers provided by RS Components. DesignSpark was launched 11 years ago, with a mission of providing resources, tools and technical support to engineers. This is certainly a mission that resonates with us here at SnapEDA, where…
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SnapEDA is now available within Proteus PCB software
Read moreIn our 2020 Annual Survey, our community mentioned that they love how much time they save with SnapEDA, but that they want tighter integration with their PCB software. Over the last six months, we got to work in collaboration with your favorite PCB design software companies, with the aim of fully integrating SnapEDA search, import,…
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DipTrace users can now design faster with integrated SnapEDA search
Read moreToday we are happy to announce our collaboration with DipTrace, a popular schematic capture and PCB design tool that prides itself on its intuitive and easy-to-use interface. With the new integration available in DipTrace version 4.1.2 and later, engineers can now search and download SnapEDA models, directly from DipTrace’s design environment for instant use in…
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Introducing SnapEDA for Autodesk® Fusion 360®
Read moreToday, we are pleased to announce the new SnapEDA for Autodesk® Fusion 360® app. This new app integrates SnapEDA’s database directly within Fusion 360, enabling electronics engineers and designers to search and place millions of electronic component models directly within the Fusion 360 environment. Over the last few years, we’ve noticed that engineers are increasingly relying…
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Search and place SnapEDA libraries within ExpressPCB
Read moreToday, we’re excited to announce our collaboration with ExpressPCB, a free, easy-to-use PCB design software. This new collaboration makes SnapEDA’s parts libraries searchable and placeable directly within ExpressPCB.
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How to select a USB Type C connector for power applications
Read moreUSB connectors were introduced in the mid 1990’s and have since evolved in their size, shape, data and power transfer capabilities. Today, the latest physical standard is Type C, and besides greater bandwidth and being both bi-directional and reversible, this newest iteration is capable of significantly higher power transfer than previous generations. We interviewed Jeff…
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Switchcraft CAD models are now available on SnapEDA
Read moreToday we’re pleased to share that hundreds of new Switchcraft models are now available on SnapEDA. Switchcraft is a leading electromechanical component manufacturer with thousands of products, ranging from power jacks, to sealed circular connectors, to audio connectors. Their products, made in their Chicago-area factories, are known for being durable and reliable. The new models…
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SnapEDA welcomes TraceParts to the SnapEDA community
Read moreToday we’re launching a new partnership with TraceParts, a leading provider of 3D digital content for engineers. With the new partnership, engineers will be able to find hundreds of thousands of mechanical computer-aided design (M-CAD) models downloadable in a wide range of formats directly through SnapEDA. This new partnership is intended to offer our engineering…

