Turn your dorm room into a makerspace!

What better way to go back to school than with a free, perpetual license of PADS® MakerPro design software!

Digi-Key Electronics’ just announced their annual Back2School contest and you could win! If you’re a student in the US or Canada, simply enter your valid university or college email address and you’ll be in the running for a perpetual seat of PADS® MakerPro, a Digi-Key InstaLab, and other fine prizes.

PADS MakerPro is a printed circuit board (PCB) design solution featuring direct access, through PartQuest™, to Digi-Key’s part catalog of more than a million ready-to-use symbols and footprints, and to PADS AMS Cloud, a free, cloud-based, analog/mixed-signal circuit simulator.

PADS MakerPro normally requires a one-time fee of $499, but two winners will receive the software for free. Add the InstaLab and you’ll have enough gear to turn your dorm room into your own electronics makerspace! Contest ends September 30.

But what if you don’t win, or aren’t eligible for this contest? Don’t worry! We’ve got you covered there too. Just request a FREE, RENEWABLE license of PADS Maker anytime!