CAD Software simplifies online ordering of PCB components.

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EAGLE v5.11 enables users to automatically add PCB parts to shopping cart directly from part schematics found on element14 design engineer website. DesignLink functionality automates search of element14 site, and set-up and save options are available for individual order lists for schematics, along with function to add list to shopping cart to purchase parts. Users can also transfer quote parameters to element14 to get quote for manufacturing PCB designed with EAGLE software.



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Best Selling CAD Tool of Its Kind, EAGLE, Now Allows Instant Price Check and Availability, Enabling Design Engineers to Automatically Add Parts to a Shopping Cart Directly from a Schematic



DesignLink enhancements come with new automatic search functionality, set-up and save for order list and schematics, and a new PCB quotation service.

London - CadSoft Computer GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), the leading multi-channel, high service distributor, has announced the launch of EAGLE software version 5.11. This latest version of the award - winning EAGLE software, the best selling CAD tool of its kind, incorporates new "DesignLink" functionality, giving electronic design engineers (EDEs) automatic search through element 14, with online check of pricing and availability, as well as access to the latest data. Set-up and save options are now available for individual order lists for schematics, with a simple function to add the list to a shopping cart. All EAGLE manufacturer libraries are now supplied with order codes and in addition, users can now transfer quote parameters to element14 to get a quote for manufacturing a PCB designed with EAGLE.

The software is available from element14, the company's innovative Community for EDEs, bringing Web 2.0 to engineers, along with over 10,000 technical documents and software tools. All versions of EAGLE including the FREE evaluation licence edition 'Freemium' contain DesignLink.

EAGLE v5.11 has 3 main elements: schematic, layout and autorouter. Users also enjoy many additional features including an unlimited "undo/redo" function and "follow me router", which allows the EDE to accept or overwrite router recommendations. This new version reinforces Premier Farnell's commitment to provide 'beyond product' design solutions to EDEs.

"The implementation of these new enhancements gives us more tools to help our customers in their design process. It has never been easier to design a PCB and order the components engineers need to build a prototype with a single click." said Thomas Liratsch, CadSoft's General Manager. Our design community, when combined with our leading -edge transactional websites, offers customers a complete online solution to their purchasing and design needs".

About Premier Farnell

Premier Farnell plc is leading the way in the high service, multi-channel provision of essential products, information, software and technology solutions to electronic design engineers, maintenance and repair engineers and purchasing professionals globally. Its differentiated proposition includes 29 local language transactional websites, and the critically important element14 eCommunity for design engineers - an industry first (www.element14.com). With sales last year of £795.3m and underlying profits of £54.8m the Group distributes its comprehensive portfolio of products and services throughout Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, supported by a global supply chain of over 3,500 suppliers and an inventory profile developed to anticipate and meet its customers' needs. Recently awarded Platinum status by the Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index the business takes its CSR commitments very seriously.

While global in scope, Premier Farnell recognises the individual needs of each market and has continued to internationalise its model accordingly, trading locally under different brand names. Its primary electronics businesses trade as Farnell in Europe, Newark in the US, Canada and Mexico and Farnell Newark in Brazil. Across Asia Pacific the business trades as element14.

Key facts

o Operations in 35 different countries

o 4,100 employees

o Over 2 million customer contacts in 156 industries

o Over 3,500 leading suppliers

o Over 400,000 products stocked with access to over four million more on demand

o Global leader in legislation RoHS, WEEE, REACH

For more information visit the website at PremierFarnell.com.

Contact Details:

Aakriti Kaushik

PR Manager, Europe and Global

Premier Farnell and Farnell

Tel: +44 (0) 113 279 0101

Email: akaushik@premierfarnell.com

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