Sunstone Circuits’ technological collaboration with Digi-Key Corporation and NXP Semiconductor provides Sunstone PCB123 CAD users access to ready-made, certified parts symbols from NXP. Not only is sufficient information provided to ensure accurate physical design, but the collaboration also ensures efficient design with component availability and pricing information. Within the Sunstone ECOsystemSM, these new functional elements provide the end user with a turn-key level of convenience and accuracy, even when working on prototypes and early engineering projects.

 

In August 2008, IPC made the assertion that 75 percent of the impact on the manufacturability and profitability of a board design occurred in he design phase; only 25 percent of the potential impact to make a design profitable takes place after the design is complete. In a survey of PCB designers administered by Sunstone Circuits, the typical prototyping PCB designer spends about 30 percent of the design process managing parts data1, including searching for the right parts to use.