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BRUSSELS – Circuits.io is offering a web-based circuit board design system made for hobbyists, including a library of open source component designs, say published reports.

The company will soon offer a print-on-demand service as well.

The site has hundreds of components hackers can use, and users can share their own designs. Hackers can also make copies that can be modified and shared.

The online editor and open source libraries are free. The firm’s income will come from its print-on-demand service.

Circuits.io was founded earlier this year by Schrauwen Karel Bruneel and Ben Schrauwen Bruneel.

WILSONVILLE, OR — A trio of designers from Selex Galileo in the UK took home top honors in Mentor Graphics' annual PCB Technology Leadership Awards.

Read more: UK Designers Win Mentor Design Contest

ORLANDO -- Vern Solberg last night received SMTA's Founder's Award, the highest individual honor the trade group presents.

Read more: Solberg Receives SMTA's Top Honor

SHANGHAI -- One of the last of the major PCB CAD founder/owners has fallen.

Read more: End of an Era: Martin Out at Altium

TAIPEI -- Quanta, one of the world's largest electronics ODMs, is working with cloud computing developers on a slate of turnkey solutions, including offering printed circuit board and mechanical design software on a fee-for-use basis.

Read more: Taiwanese ODMs Offering CAD via the 'Cloud'

ATLANTA -- PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB is undertaking a survey of how printed circuit board designers, design engineers and other layout specialists use and think about various CAD tools.

Read more: PCD&F Undertaking CAD Tool Survey