Mentor, business of Siemens, continues to invest in the training and announces that students and teachers can download the Student Edition of the PADS Professional Design Suite (version 2.7) for electronic design and analysis free of charge.
"The global electronics industry needs skilled engineering talent to meet the innovation challenges of the world's most dynamic markets," said AJ Incorvaia, senior vice president of Mentor's Electronic Board Systems division. "We are pleased to provide this premium platform of ours free of charge to students who wish to do hands-on exercises using the professional tools that employers require."
Mentor's software, which combines acquisition, layout, signal integrity analysis and 3D in a single tool, is based on Xpedition software technology, the same design tool used by many of the world's most successful technology organisations.
PADS Professional: one-year free licence
The free 12-month licence of PADS Professional Student Edition is available at www.pads.com. The package also includes 'Getting Started' resources to help students accelerate the learning curve, tutorials and self-study paths.
Mentor Graphics offers innovative Hardware and Software design solutions, consulting and support services necessary to solve the most complex problems in System On Chip and FPGA design and verification, Deep Sub Micron application analysis and verification, and Board System Design.
