RS Components (RS) (https://africa.RSdelivers.com), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM) (www.Electrocomponents.com), a global multi-channel provider of industrial and electronic products and solutions, today announced that its DesignSpark online engineering community has grown to more than 750,000 members.
DesignSpark was launched in 2010 to provide design engineers and students around the globe with free tools, resources and content to help them to remove barriers, save time and turn their ideas into reality.
“We would like to say a huge thank you to every single member of the DesignSpark community,” said Mike Bray, Vice President of DesignSpark. “There is a great feeling of togetherness within the community and it is great to see how engineers are able to support each other to achieve amazing things with the help of our tools and resources.
“Since day one, the aim of RS has been to give something back to the electronics industry through DesignSpark by providing free professional tools and resources for engineers around the world. We are proud to see the sustained rapid growth of DesignSpark and are committed to further enhancing our platform for the growing user base.”
During the nine years since it launched, RS has continued to improve the functionality and range of resources available through the DesignSpark ecosystem. This has resulted in a large increase in new members, with more than 35% of DesignSpark’s current membership having joined over the past two years.
Registering on DesignSpark is completely free of charge, with all members gaining instant access to:
- DesignSpark PCB (https://bit.ly/2VzRPAc), a professional-grade schematic-capture and PCB design software package
- DesignSpark Mechanical (https://bit.ly/2fXUKtJ), an advanced 3D CAD tool based on direct modelling techniques
- DesignSpark Electrical (https://bit.ly/2ftTtOD), a fully specified electrical CAD package for the design of control panel, machinery and electrical systems
- PCB Part Library (https://bit.ly/2WD51Ax), a huge library of schematic symbols and PCB footprints, which are compatible for all leading PCB software packages including Altium, Zuken, Mentor Graphics, Cadence, Target, Pulsonix, Eagle and DesignSpark PCB
- 3D Model Library (https://bit.ly/2LGGAkP), thousands of 3D models available to use in CAD designs
- DesignSpark Toolbox App (https://bit.ly/2E3GKfQ), the must-have Android and iOS app for engineers, including 27 calculations tools, comparison tables, news, projects and much more
- Zerynth Studio (https://bit.ly/2Vk8iTU), the middleware for IoT, which enables the most popular 32-bit microcontrollers to be programmed in Python or C/Python and connect to the top cloud platforms
- Obsolescence Manager (https://bit.ly/2PXXF8i), a tool enabling engineers and purchasing professionals to monitor and review the lifecycle status of products within a bill of materials and select alternatives
In addition to free tools and resources, DesignSpark provides a platform for members to share their projects and opinions, and connect with other engineers and students.
Last year, RS Components launched its Africa website www.RSonline.Africa which is geared to meet the requirements of a growing continent with demand from various industries such as manufacturing, mining, automotive, utilities, electronics and industrial IoT. With the new website, customers will receive their products much quicker, delivery costs are cheaper and customers can easily pay online via credit card. This opens the door for more markets in Sub Saharan Africa to easily access products through the dedicated e-commerce platform.
To find out more, or to join DesignSpark, visit: www.DesignSpark.com.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of RS Components.
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About RS Components:
RS Components (www.RSonline.Africa) is the market leader in the high service level distribution of electrical, electronic, mechanical, tools and industrial products. Operating in 32 countries whilst serving a further 100 through third-party distributors, RS serves every sector of industry in the procurement of their products relating to maintenance, repair, operations, low volume production, research and development.
With over 500 000 products across 2500 leading brands, the company is committed to ensuring that their 1 million customers have fast access to a broad, as well as deep range, of products and technologies, all under one roof.
It is proven that departments traditionally spend 80% of their time sourcing products that account for only 20% of their total procurement spend. RS is focussed on reducing the customers “total cost of product ownership” by reducing the need to make multiple calls to various companies to source products, reducing supplier related administration and allowing for the amalgamation as well as consolidation of supplier bases. Through this process, procurement efficiency is improved and time is freed up to concentrate on the more important business decisions.
For more information, please visit the website at www.RSonline.Africa
