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Siemens brings AI-driven PCB design to small and medium electronics teams

New PADS Pro and Xpedition tools bring AI-powered PCB design to SMBs, speeding cycles and improving quality.

Siemens is making its AI-enhanced electronic systems design technology accessible to small and mid-sized businesses (SMB) with the release of PADS Pro Essentials software and Xpedition Standard software.

Siemens Digital Industries Software has introduced PADS Pro Essentials and Xpedition Standard software to provide small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with access to its electronic systems design technology, which includes AI-assisted features.

Based on Siemens’ Xpedition technology, these new tools offer a user-friendly interface, integrated cloud collaboration, and AI-enabled features to make professional-grade PCB design more accessible to small teams and individual engineers.

Siemens’ PADS Pro Essentials delivers an accessible streamlined, cloud-connected design environment built on Siemens’ proven Xpedition technology at an entry-level price. 

PADS Pro Essentials offers a cloud-connected PCB design environment based on Siemens’ Xpedition technology. Developed for independent engineers and startups, it includes tools for schematic capture and layout. This version also features a co-branded interface powered by CELUS, enabling design with functional blocks and AI-assisted schematic and BOM generation.


Siemens’ Xpedition Standard is built for teams that need a balance of cost-efficiency and advanced capabilities such as design reuse, variant management, advanced routing automation, native 3D layout and deep collaboration.

Xpedition Standard is built for growing teams that need a balance of cost-efficiency and advanced capabilities. It adds powerful features like design reuse, variant management, advanced routing automation, native 3D layout and deeper collaboration across mechanical, manufacturing and supply chain stakeholders. Teams can further extend capabilities using token-based options, which provide on-demand access to more advanced capabilities such as fully integrated pre- and post-layout signal integrity analysis powered by Siemens’ Hyperlynx software for PCB analysis and rigid-flex design without requiring a full tier upgrade.

Part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software, both new offerings are part of the Xpedition family and are designed to grow with engineers, from individual users to global enterprises. The unified user experience, design libraries and cloud-based collaboration infrastructure provide a seamless upgrade path as team and project requirements evolve.

To learn more about Siemens’ next-generation PCB design tools for SMBs, PADS Pro Essentials and Xpedition Standard, visit eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/pcb/xpedition.