DesignAdvance Systems joins Cadence program

DesignAdvance Systems, Inc., an electronic design automation (EDA) and computer aided design (CAD) design-synthesis software developer has announced that it has joined the Cadence Connections® program of Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

The program promotes open interoperability between Cadence technologies and other companies' design tools.

DesignAdvance's CircuitSpace software integrates with the Allegro PCB Editor, and offers interactive PCB component placement that can reduce design time by up to 50%.

"We are pleased to work with Cadence to champion and support open industry standards. Our goal is to provide PCB designers using the Allegro PCB Editor with a seamless interface to our CircuitSpace software to aid them with component placement," said Randy Eager, CEO and co-founder of DesignAdvance.

"Cadence is pleased to have DesignAdvance as a Connections program partner," said Hemant Shah, PCB product marketing director at Cadence. "Our customers want, and expect, greater interoperability from their design software, and integrating CircuitSpace with Allegro PCB technology is a significant step forward for our mutual customers."