LONDON -- CadSoft GmbH has partnered with Embest to jointly launch CadSoft’s Eagle computer-aided design PCB tool in the Chinese market.

The Chinese version of Eagle automatically installs Mandarin versions of the manual, as well as a tutorial on computers on which Chinese the default language. Through this strategic partnership, Eagle software is available for the Chinese market from the element14 website.

Eagle is a low-cost printed circuit board CAD tool that includes schematic capture, board layout and an autorouter.

CadSoft is a business unit of components distributor Premier Farnell.

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