Royal Circuit Solutions and Advanced Assembly have exited PCB design technology provider InspectAR, which has been bought by Cadence Design Systems.

Design automation software producer Cadence Design Systems has acquired InspectAR, a Canada-based developer of circuit-board printing technology, for an undisclosed amount, allowing corporates Royal Circuit Solutions and Advanced Assembly to exit.

InspectAR provides augmented reality software tools for the inspection of printed circuit boards (PCBs): the part of a computer to which integrated circuits are attached and through which they are electronically connected.

The software overlays the PCB with schematics in real time to assist with inspection, debugging, reworking and…