Autodesk Acquires an Old Circuit Partner

Autodesk hopes to expand their 123D Circuits app with the acquisition of Circuits.io.

This week, Autodesk announced the acquisition of the Circuits.io technology and development team. Circuits.io created an online app to design and simulate circuits.

In September 2013, Autodesk released 123D Circuits, a project which was born from a previous partnership with Circuits.io and their aforementioned app. It is their hope that this acquisition will lead to further expansions of that design and simulation software.

123D Circuits allows users to design initial circuits using a virtual breadboard, apply code to the circuit, edit the circuit using a PCB editor, and simulate the performance. Once satisfied with the designs, users can then order the circuits to be printed and sent to them for further testing or implementation.

In the 5 months since launch, 123D Circuits has reached over 30,000 users. This community of users is key to the open source share-ability associated with the app, where users can share and improve on the designs of others within the software. To assure the strength of the community, Circuit.io users will be transferred into 123D accounts.

Autodesk Consumer Group VP Samir Hanna said, “We are excited to welcome the Circuits.io team and community to Autodesk, and look forward to developing new tools to help these users unlock their creativity.”

Image courtesy of 123d.circuits.io

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