Audience

Small and mid-sized design teams searching for a PCB design software

About CADSTAR

CADSTAR is an established desktop PCB design, with many thousands of satisfied users globally. Professional, powerful, accessible and affordable, CADSTAR will meet your design requirements and budget, and is supported by experienced local resellers who provide training, support, integration and consultancy to help you maximize your return on investment. Optimized for the typical small and mid-sized design team, Zuken’s CADSTAR PCB Design software equally appeals to individual all-rounders and corporations operating across multiple sites. CADSTAR is a complete software environment for PCB design – from initial concept through to product realization. With a unified suite of applications, engineers can seamlessly define, visualize, implement and verify their designs. Schematic capture with placement and constraint planner. Constraint driven interactive and automatic PCB layout & routing.

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Company Information

eCADSTAR
Founded: 1976
United Kingdom
www.ecadstar.com/en/product/cadstar/

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CADSTAR Product Features

PCB Design

Schematic Editor
Component Library
3D Visualization
Design Rule Check
Autorouting
Differential Pair Routing
Collaboration Tools