Now offering shorter lead times for the circuit board design software, PCB123^®.

Mulino, OR – May 12, 2011 – Sunstone Circuits^®, the printed circuit board (PCB) prototype solutions provider, is now offering shorter lead times for their circuit board design software PCB123^®. The shortened lead times now correspond with Sunstone’s quickturn PCB lead times, and join a growing list of CAD tool product features which make the prototyping process even easier and more accurate from project concept to PCB delivery:

• Data sheet availability
• Automated Bill of Materials (BOM)
• Expanded parts libraries
• Seamless synchronization of layout and schematic views
• Optimized graphics

“Since September 2010, we have released a half-million parts, upgraded the CAD tool’s overall reliability, and refined and advanced our schematic editor capabilities,” said Sunstone’s CAM Team Leader, Michael J. Hebda. “With this new capability, we can build the PCB123 boards one day faster, so it’s a win for our customers.”

Now, PCB123 orders ship one day sooner:

• 2 Layers without Solder Mask - 1 Day
• 2 Layers with Solder Mask - 2 Days
• 4 Layers with Solder Mask - 3 Days
• 6 Layers with Solder Mask - 4 Days

Sunstone Circuits remains committed to providing the best technical support in the printed circuit board industry. As is true with all Sunstone products, anyone seeking answers or assistance with PCB123, can reach live technical support representatives 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year.

About Sunstone Circuits^®

Sunstone Circuits^® pioneered the online ordering of printed circuit boards (PCBs), and is the leading PCB solutions provider with more than 35 years of experience in delivering quality engineering software along with quick and on-time PCBs for the electronic design industry. Sunstone Circuits is dedicated to improving the PCB prototyping process from quote to delivery (Q2D^®) and provides "live" customer support every day of the year (24/7/365). For more information about Sunstone's PCB solutions plus online quote and ordering process, please visitwww.Sunstone.com.

Trademarks: Sunstone Circuits^®, PCBexpress^®, ValueProto^®, PCB123^®, Q2D^®, and the Circuit Design ECOsystem^SM are trademarked by Sunstone Circuits.