DesignSpark PCB ver 3 is the world most powerful free and easy to use PCB Design Tool. DesignSpark PCB incorporates schematic capture, PCB layout, auto-router and Gerber outputs. Version 3 sees the addition of an interface to industry standard simulation tools, design calculators and grouping functions.

RS Components has been short-listed in the 2011 Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards in two categories. RS has been nominated as a finalist for the ‘Distributor of the Year’ award, while its free-of-charge DesignSpark schematic capture and PCB layout tool will go forward to the final in the ‘Design Tools and Development Software’ category. The short-listed finalists in the sixteen Elektra 2011 award categories have been selected b...

RS Components is completing a programme that will make it the first high service distributor to fully converge its maintenance offering across Europe. As a result, RS will be able to offer all European customers the most comprehensive range of electrical, automation and control, test and measurement, and tools, safety and consumable products available. The programme, which will be completed in October, has already achieved a substantial increase ...

RS Components has been named as a finalist in three categories of the eCommerce Awards for Excellence 2011. The company has been shortlisted for the ‘International e-Retail Award’, ‘Best Customer Service Award’, and ‘Best eCommerce Marketing Initiative’ as a result of its customer-focused eCommerce strategy. This has driven significant business growth and put eCommerce firmly at the heart of RS.

RS Components has expanded its portfolio of exclusive stocked items with the introduction of a series of high quality AC fans from Comair Rotron.

RS Components announces substantial price reductions across its range of electronics components.

RS Components has established a new ‘Connectivity Hub’ portal on its website to provide electronics design engineers, technical managers and students with an easy way to locate, design and buy a wide range of connectivity components, devices and equipment.

RS Components and Accelerated Designs today announced the introduction of a new series of component libraries to provide customers with schematic symbols and Printed Circuit Board footprints for an extensive range of products from STMicroelectronics and Microchip Technology.

RS Components has further enriched the experience for online readers of its eTech Magazine, the free-of-charge and highly interactive publication. The company today announced an updated eTech iPad application that enables increased interactivity, and an all-new online version of the magazine providing greater visual impact and additional user-friendly features.

Electrocomponents plc, has been nominated as a finalist in the Coutts & Co Large-Cap Business of the Year category of the National Business Awards.

RS Components, the world’s leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), has celebrated the first anniversary of its online DesignSpark electronics design community and resource centre, and its free DesignSpark PCB design software tool.

RS Components has unveiled a transformation of its website going live this month in the UK and Ireland that significantly enhances the online experience for its customers. A new intelligent product search feature and superior browsing capability give customers faster and easier access to over 550,000 products.

RS Components has added a comprehensive range of 2.54mm pitch sockets and headers in the Harwin M20 series to its interconnect offering.

RS Components is sponsoring the 2011 Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award.

First featured in eTech for iPad, Martin Keenan, Technical Marketing Engineer at RS Components, gives a quick tour and demo of DesignSpark PCB. There is an overview of an example PCB design - schematic capture, schematic to pcb translation, pcb layout and routing, 3D real world view and plotting excellon and gerber files for pcb manufacture.

Double-digit sales growth and more than 7x expansion of stock profile made 2010 the most successful year for the RS – Panasonic partnership - RS Components has won the 2010 Demand Creation Award from component manufacturer Panasonic Industrial. During the year, RS added 6800 new Panasonic components to its inventory, taking the total offering to over 8000 parts. The new lines included resistors, capacitors and semiconductors. At the same time, ...

Trophy acknowledges outstanding power supply sales performance in 2010 - RS Components (RS), the world’s leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, has been awarded the 2010 Catalogue Distributor Award Trophy by Traco Electronics AG in recognition of outstanding sales performance in TRACOPOWER power supplies. The company’s sales of TRACOPOWER products grew 37% over ...

RS Components has been shortlisted for an award in the business-to-business (B2B) category by the judges of the New Media Age Effectiveness Awards 2011. The awards, which are to be presented at a ceremony on 23rd June 2011 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, promote the quality of new media usage in the UK with an emphasis on the effectiveness, usability and accessibility of projects that demonstrate the power of interactive media to the busine...

RS Components announced the release of a PCB Converter for SketchUp tool that allows designers to import Intermediate Data Format (IDF) files into Google SketchUp. The new module adds a 3D CAD back-end capability to PCB design tools and takes SketchUp into the electronic product design domain, transferring files from any CAD environment providing IDF output into COLLADA format. PCB Converter for SketchUp can be downloaded free from the DesignSp...

Users of SpaceClaim intuitive 3D modelling tools given access to latest electronic component technologies. RS Components announced that its 3D CAD product models are now available in SpaceClaim format. SpaceClaim empowers engineers and industrial designers to be more creative and deliver products to market faster without the specialist training and complexity associated with traditional CAD tools.