Natasha joins us to discuss the origin of SnapEDA, its free automated part builder, Instabuild, and what transparency means to engineering. SnapEDA is, the world’s first electronics design search engine, currently serves more than a million professional engineers, and supports the development of more than 400,000 unique hardware products every year. At SnapEDA, our goal is to build one canonical source. ![]() Prior to launching this new plugin, designers would use SnapEDA’s web platform to download CAD models, and then import them into their designs. Our plugins for Altium, Eagle, KiCad, & PCB123 augment desktop PCB tools with cloud-based libraries. Download the SnapEDA Altium Designer Plugin (SnapEDA-AD-Plugin.zip) on our Plugins page. I started this because of my frustrations designing PCBs and getting derailed making symbols & footprints from scratch, and testing dubious SPICE models. Altium Altium Designer is one of the most widely-used PCB design tools today, and is the most downloaded format on SnapEDA. How to Install the SnapEDA Plugin for Altium. Natasha is an electrical engineer with fourteen years of experience who founded SnapEDA after seeing a need for a ‘Google of electronics components’. SnapEDA ( is a free, online parts library for circuit board design. Main SnapEDA website: InstaBuild: Plugins (including a brand new Altium plugin): An interview with Natasha Baker on Youtube About Author Judy Warner has held a unique variety of roles in the electronics industry for over 25 years. ![]() OnTrack welcomes Natasha Baker, CEO of SnapEDA. Our plugins for Altium, Eagle, KiCad, & PCB123 augment desktop PCB tools with cloud-based libraries.
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