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Altium announced the new version of its flagship product, Altium Designer 14. The new release is focused on core PCB design technologies, and features support for flex and rigid-flex design, including schematic capture, 3D PCB layout, analysis and programmable design.According to the company, the platform allows for smaller packaging of electronic designs, which in turn leads to lower cost of materials and production, and increased durability. The new release includes the ability to handle the challenges of flex and rigid-flex designs, including advanced layer stack management. Support for embedded PCB components allows for more design miniaturization opportunities by placing standard components on an inner layer of the circuit board during fabrication.Simplification of high speed design rules, including automated and guided...

SystemVue 2013.08 includes the following new and improved capabilities: Core Platform and Design Flow Links — Exporting \”Verification Test Benches\” to ADS/GG, expanded SystemC data types; HDF5 data support; new & updated links to AGI STK 10, Aldec Riviera PRO, Mentor Questa Simulation technology — Remote simulation engine for Linux (new), Distributed Computing 8-packs (new), \”High Carrier Count\” breakthrough for Spectrasys Libraries and Applications — Digital Modem library (new); GNSS satellite navigation scenarios for Beidou2, GPS; Radar templates and phased array/beamforming; Bluetooth support; VCSEL and CDR model generation for Optical SerDes Instrument Support — M8190 DUC support (longer, accurate waveforms), DPD with PXI Modular M9381 VSG, M9391 VSA; Waveform Sequence Composer improvements The SystemVue 2013.08 release builds on core platform...

Mentor\’s IC verification and sign-off includes not only traditional rule-based physical verification and parasitic extraction, but also new capabilities and automated technologies that help improve yield by enhancing the design itself. Calibre® is the overwhelming market share leader and the industry standard for IC physical verification, due to the outstanding performance, accuracy and reliability of Calibre products. Over the last two years, Calibre nmDRC™ has reduced average DRC runtime by a factor of five, while Calibre\’s innovative Hyperscaling and MTFlex™ technologies have cut memory requirements in half. Calibre nmDRC also reduced overall cycle time with incremental DRC, which allows designers to make DRC runs in parallel. As DRC violations are reported, designers can immediately fix and recheck just the affected...

imulating Crystal Oscillators got a lot easier in MMSIM13.1…We have made enhancments to both Harmonic Balance and Transient analyses. In Part 1, I’ll cover Improvements to the Harmonic Balance use model. With a streamlined Choosing Analyses form you can now focus on the simulation results, rather than the setup of the analysis. In Part 2, I\’ll cover Improvements to transient analysis. We’ve added a new feature to transient analysis that allows you to reach steady state more quickly should you decide to simulate your crystal oscillator using transient analysis. Important: Be sure to use IC615 ISR14 or later to see the new MMSIM13.1 features in the GUI. Part 1: MMSIM 13.1 SpectreRF Harmonic Balance simulations are more streamlined. In MMSIM...

arly Design Analysis for Logic Designers (Lint) Using advanced static analysis, Base SpyGlass pinpoints structural, coding and consistency problems in RTL descriptions. The SpyGlass platform offers a comprehensive solution for analysis of RTL structures, including clocks, resets and clock domain crossings (CDC). It traces problems to their source and helps designers resolve issues before they creep into downstream design implementation. The SpyGlass platform also addresses electrical rules checking (ERC) in the design. Structural RTL Checks Base SpyGlass linting integrates industry-standard best practices, as well as Atrenta\’s own extensive experience working with industry-leading customers. Lint checks include design reuse compliance checks such as STARC and OpenMORE to enforce a consistent style throughout the design, ease the integration of multi-team and multi-vendor...

ighlights of key new features in PSIM Version 9.3 are:•NewMotor Control Design Suite•ImprovedHEV Design Suite•NewF2803x Targetfor support of TI F2803x series fixed-point DSP•Support of TI Digital Motor Control Library•MTPA and Field Weakening control blocks for induction motor and nonlinearPMSM•EMI standards in SimviewDescription of key new features in Version 9.3,as compared to Version 9.2, is given below.•Motor Control Design SuiteThe all new Motor Control Design Suite provides the total solution for motor drive system design.From system specifications, the Motor Control Design Suite automatically designs all thecontrollers with proper stability margins, and generates a complete system that is operational andready to simulate.Three design templates are provided in the Motor Control Design Suite: linear and nonlinearPMSM drive with maximum-torque-per-ampere control and field weakening...

CAMMaster, the premier product for the most demanding jobs. Scripting features to automate your routine jobs, improve accuracy and yields to get the work done faster. CAMMaster Designer New for Designers and Engineers! Advanced design features at your fingertips with CAMMaster Designer. ProbeMaster ProbeMaster is your complete solution to bare board electrical testing. ProbeMaster allows you to control the entire electrical testing process from beginning to end.Features Gerber Data Editing and CAM YesNetlist Extraction, Conversion, and Comparison YesDownloads for any combination of Moving Probe, Multi-Plate Fixturing, Clam Shell or Wire Wrap YesDrill Files and Road Maps for building Multi-Plate Fixtures and Wire Wrapping NC Drill and Rout Editing YesPCB Fault Verification and RepairProduct:ProbeMaster v11.0.56, CAMMaster v11.6, FixMaster v11.0.5 Lanaguage:english Platform:Winxp/Win7...

NI Circuit Design Suite software improves the PCB design process by integrating capture, simulation, and layout into a single toolchain with NI Multisim and Ultiboard software. Multisim easily captures schematics that are immediately ready to be simulated. With interactive simulation, Multisim VIs help you quickly investigate circuit behavior while advanced SPICE analyses provide essential insight into fundamental design characteristics. Ultiboard offers flexible tools optimized for automated speed or precise control to efficiently design a PCB. Integration with Multisim helps you easily transfer schematics to PCB while cross-probing, and a complete spreadsheet view ensures effective design iteration management. You can export completed designs to industry-standard formats such as Gerber to fabricate a prototype. Complete the design process and validate your circuit...

CAM350.v10.9.0.658+BluePrint.v3.6.0.758 DownStream Technologies, LLC announced new versions of their industry-leading PCB post-processing solutions – DFMStream, CAM350 and BluePrint-PCB. The releases include new features and performance improvements designed to help users post-process PCB designs and has strong emphasis on providing additional DFM capabilities to improve throughput. DownStream provides an economical and holistic solution to PCB post processing that enables engineers and designers to quickly create the key deliverables for PCB fabrication, assembly and testing. DownStream\’s tools combine comprehensive feature sets to handle complex designs with a very easy-to-use interface, allowing even the infrequent user the ability to generate PCB artwork, design validation, and bare board and assembly drawings and documents. DownStream Instalation package Executable Contains: – BluePrintBluePrint-PCB works your PCB CAD...

asy to learn, yet packed with professional-level features to assist you in rapid capture of your circuit. Fully integratedSchematic Capture is supplied with every Pulsonix PCB design suite as an integrated editor. It is also available as a separate standalone product for engineering environments. When used as a standalone product, not only can you add the Pulsonix Spice simulator but you can also export netlists in industry standard formats. Easy to usePulsonix Schematic Capture is easy to learn and fast to use. Schematic designs can be created quickly using the feature-rich toolset available. With features ranging from flat or multi-sheet multi-instanced hierarchy to electrical rules checking, Pulsonix Schematic Capture is clean versatile tool to have. Pulsonix Schematic Capture uses drag-and-drop...