DigiKey sponsors KiCad, the top open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) suite, underlining a shared commitment to improving open-source tools for the electrical engineering community.
DigiKey is proud to continue its sponsorship of the KiCad open-source Electronic Design Automation suite.
The goal of KiCad is to give professional electronics designers the greatest cross-platform electronics design tool available.
Engineers, students, and professionals can now design printed circuit boards (PCBs) without the limitations of expensive software licenses with the organization’s approachable and easily accessible program.
DigiKey has been supporting KiCad for seven (7) years, including past fund-drives, promotions and securing the kicad.org domain to ensure the project’s continued accessibility to the global engineering community.
DigiKey sponsors KiCad platform and community through the fund-drive donation match campaign, which helps to boost community-submitted donations to support KiCad version 10’s long-term sustainability, usability improvements, and essential feature enhancements.
DigiKey continues to be the top supplier of products, assisting in reducing the design cycle and accelerating advancement, while KiCad is committed to its goal of providing easily available, high-quality design tools as engineers and inventors continue to push the limits of electronics design.
Leadership Comments
“DigiKey is thrilled to once again support KiCad, which provides an essential tool for electronics designers worldwide,” said Cody Walseth, digital product owner at DigiKey. “At DigiKey, we believe that accessible, open-source design tools are vital to fostering creativity, and advancing technology and our sponsorship of KiCad reaffirms our commitment to providing engineers with the best resources to bring their ideas to life.”
DigiKey is proud to continue its sponsorship of the KiCad open-source Electronic Design Automation suite.
“KiCad is grateful for our longstanding partnership with DigiKey,” said Wayne Stambaugh, project leader at KiCad. “DigiKey’s continued support has helped the project to grow substantially over the years, and we look forward to many more years of bringing open-source electronic design to engineers around the world.”
To contribute to KiCad’s fund-drive or learn more about DigiKey’s commitment to open-source initiatives, KiCad.org or DigiKey.com.
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