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SUPPORT FOR FLEX AND RIGID-FLEX DESIGN A rigid-flex circuit combines the processing capabilities of a rigid circuit with the design versatility of a flexible one. The bulk of the components are placed on rigid circuits, which are then connected by flexible circuits that can be twisted, bent, and folded into small or unconventional places. Altium Designer now supports electronics design using these rigid-flex circuits, which opens the door to a variety of new innovations. It allows for smaller packaging of electronics, which in turn leads to lower cost of materials and production, as well as increased durability. Enhanced Layer Stack Management Our software helps you through the entire project life-cycle, helping you manage, revise, and reuse your design files safely...

Advanced Design System (ADS) Advanced Design System is the world’s leading electronic design automation software for RF, microwave, and high speed digital applications. In a powerful and easy-to-use interface, ADS pioneers the most innovative and commercially successful technologies, such as X-parameters* and 3D EM simulators, used by leading companies in the wireless communication & networking and aerospace & defense industries. For WiMAX™, LTE, multi-gigabit per second data links, radar, & satellite applications, ADS provides full, standards-based design and verification with Wireless Libraries and circuit-system-EM co-simulation in an integrated platform. Watch our ADS 30-Second Demos to see the powerful and easy-to-use ADS interface in action.Key Benefits of ADS Complete, integrated set of fast, accurate and easy-to-use system, circuit & EM simulators...

MagNet\’s solution approach is based on the highly accurate finite element method for simulating static, frequency dependent or time varying electromagnetic fields. Efficiency is key, that\’s why MagNet includes many automated features which reduce the time to perform each design cycle. Trajectory Evaluator v3 released which supports MagNet 3D time-harmonic and transient Multicore mesh generator, solvers and post-processor for even faster results Simulate the magnetization process and freezing the magnetization Simulate the demagnetization Modeling nonlinear surface impedance Updated user interface Updated CAD functions Better visualization of field and arrow plots Improved graphing feature Improvements to the automatic meshingProduct:Infolytica MagNet v7.4.1.4 Lanaguage:english Platform:Winxp/Win7 Size:1CD

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...

Calibre RealTime delivers Calibre signoff DRC inside custom and analog/mixed-signal design flows. With its ability to perform all checks in Calibre DRC, including recommended rules, pattern matching, equation-based DRC, and double patterning, Calibre RealTime lets custom and analog designers correct and adjust their designs during the layout process using the same foundry-qualified rule decks used by batch Calibre. Imagine-no more time-consuming layout-verification-simulation loops, and no more unwelcome, costly manufacturing issues after tapeout. By allowing designers to correct and optimize \”on the fly\” during the design process, Calibre RealTime lets them make needed layout changes while the design is still highly flexible, and without slowing down the design process. In short, Calibre RealTime lets the designers drive the design process, not...

FloTHERM® PCB is a radical new collaboration tool for product marketing, electrical and mechanical engineers that accelerates the conceptual thermal design of printed-circuit boards.Features and BenefitsModel Building Direct interfaces to Mentor Boardstation and other popular board layout tools that automatically extract and build: Board outline, cutouts, and thickness Component position, size, and orientation Layer Stackup Detailed descriptions of the copper content (traces, pads, vias, etc) in image format. These images are transformed into a thermal conductivity map (with user controlled resolution) for the board with a novel and unique image processing technique. Property sheet driven construction of electronics objects and cooling solutions: Components heatsinks Thermal vias Daughterboards Shielding cans Potting compounds Fully integrated library capability Pre installed with a comprehensive...

Precision Synthesis offers high quality of results, industry-unique features, and integration across Mentor Graphics’ FPGA Flow– the industry’s most comprehensive FPGA vendor independent solution. Physical Synthesis Average performance improvement of 10% Support for Actel, Altera, Lattice and Xilinx Mil-Aero, Safety-Critical, & DO-254 Repeatability of results Synthesis for design assurance Integration with Mentor tools for DO-254 Low Power Synthesis Optimizations to reduce dynamic power Multi-vendor support Incremental Synthesis Fully automatic incremental synthesis Partition-based incremental synthesis Reduces runtime and preserves QoR Integrated with incremental place-and-route Precise-IP™ Generate building block IP for any device Leverage 3rd party IP validated for Precision Precise-Encrypt Vendor independent HDL encryption Based on IEEE P1735 draft Interoperable with ModelSim & Questa Integration with Mentor Tools Design reuse with...

Ucamco is delighted to introduce the latest generation of Integr8tor, the PCB industry\’s only sales and engineering server for auto input and design analysis. With Integr8tor v8 comes a raft of new and extended capabilities that make it a true “must have” technology for busy PCB fabricators. Fast, intuitive and easy to use, Integr8tor is a powerful enabler for sales, engineering and production professionals who want to improve their output and their profit margins. Ucamco is delighted to announce its release of Integr8tor 8.2. This is the latest generation of a unique suite of tools that support the CAD-to-CAM data transfer process as well as pre-CAM and CAM functions in PCB manufacture. By automatically capturing and analysing incoming design data...

The Proteus 8.0 release delivered a new platform as well as host of feature additions. The new application framework also now enables us to bring out many important features that would have been extremely difficult (or impossible) to implement in previous versions. The goal of the Proteus 8.1 release was to start delivering these features and our focus was on four main areas: Pads and Footprints Project Clips / Design Snippets Dynamic Teardrops Proteus VSM for Arduino™ AVR® Pads and FootprintsDemo Movie Making Button Pads Making QFN Footprints Footprint and packaging requirements for modern packages is a rapidly evolving field. We�ve looked at our existing capabilities and extended them with a view to flexibility. The ability to store vias with...

Altera’s Quartus® II software is the industry\’s number one software in productivity and performance for CPLD, FPGA, and SoC designs. Quartus II software v13.1 enables you to achieve unprecedented levels of design productivity by enabling more design iterations within a day, and providing the tools to capture your design intent in the most efficient way possible. With Quartus II software v13.1, you will experience an average of 30% reduction in compile time and an additional average of 50 percent reduction for small design changes, enabling quicker design turns and faster time to market. In addition, Quartus II software v13.1 provides new capabilities, enhancements, and performance improvements to our suite of higher level design tools (i.e. Qsys, OpenCLTM, and DSP Builder)...