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BoardSurfers: Managing Materials Using A Single Material File for PCB,...
Legacy material editors supported different file formats leading to inconsistencies across PCB and package substrate design applications. This drawback due to inconsistency is now overcome by the new...
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(P)SpiceItUp: Simulation Profiles in Five Steps
After completing a circuit, it’s time to run simulations. The first step is to define a simulation profile. A simulation profile controls which analysis is run and what resources are to be used, for...
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Boardsurfers: An Introduction to Allegro DesignTrue DFM Rule Aggregator
Design companies often work with multiple PCB fabricators and each fabricator may have a different set of DFM rules. It is a customary practice followed by design companies to create a common...
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BoardSurfers: How to Install Allegro ECAD-MCAD Library Creator Server?
In addition to reducing package creation time by 60-80%, Cadence Allegro ECAD-MCAD Library Creator has the Library Creator repository, which provides thousands of ready-to-use packages and templates....
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BoardSurfers: Managing Materials Using A Single Material File for PCB,...
Legacy material editors supported different file formats leading to inconsistencies across PCB and package substrate design applications. This drawback due to inconsistency is now overcome by the new...
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BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Running RAVEL Rules from Command Line
In one of the previous posts, we learnt about How to Run a RAVEL Rule from the GUI. The RAVEL rules that you write can be run from command line or Graphical User Interface (GUI) of Allegro® PCB Editor....
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(P)SpiceItUp: Five Ways of Finding the Right PSpice A/D Component
When you are designing a schematic, you want to focus on the accuracy and performance of the circuit, and not spend time looking for and comparing various components on vendor websites. The integrated...
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Designing the Allegro System Capture Way
A design starts in the mind of an architect, gets drawn on whiteboards as basic block diagrams that describe a system. Next, designers see what can be reused from older designs, schematics get drawn,...
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BoardSurfers: How to Create and Remove External DRCs using SKILL in PCB Editor
Design rules checks (DRC) determines whether your layout design complies with design constraints and highlights any violations. Performing DRC is an essential step of PCB development signoff before you...
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BoardSurfers: Managing Materials Using A Single Material File for PCB,...
Legacy material editors supported different file formats leading to inconsistencies across PCB and package substrate design applications. This drawback due to inconsistency is now overcome by the new...
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BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Running RAVEL Rules from Command Line
In one of the previous posts, we learnt about How to Run a RAVEL Rule from the GUI. The RAVEL rules that you write can be run from command line or Graphical User Interface (GUI) of Allegro® PCB Editor....
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(P)SpiceItUp: Five Ways of Finding the Right PSpice A/D Component
When you are designing a schematic, you want to focus on the accuracy and performance of the circuit, and not spend time looking for and comparing various components on vendor websites. The integrated...
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The Year That Was: Cadence PCB Design Blogs in 2020
And what a year it has been! Like many of you, we've worked from home. We juggled house and office work, washed our hands innumerable times a day, rinsed every grape before putting it in the fridge,...
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Cadence OrCAD and Allegro 17.4-2019 HotFix SPB17.40.013 is Now Available
The HotFix 013 (QIR 2, indicated as 2021 in the application splash screens) update for OrCAD® and Allegro® is now available at Cadence Downloads. This blog post contains important links for accessing...
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(P)SpiceItUp: Generating ISO 7637-2 Standard Pulse 2a in PSpice A/D
Many times, you would have required to create a standard pulse waveform that can be used for testing devices as per the industry standard. One good example is to simulate the ISO 7637-2 transient at...
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ASCENT: Ready, Steady, Design ... Even With Existing Libraries
After a quick overview of Allegro® System Capture, let’s start at the very beginning of the design process. Where are the parts? What parts can you use when creating an Allegro System Capture logical...
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BoardSurfers: Installation Know-How: Using Third-Party Tools with Cadence...
The add-on model is applicable everywhere! You can choose a basic version of the car and add-on products make it faster, nicer, or more special. Air travel add-on includes seat reservation, food,...
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BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Setting Up and Using Pin Delays in...
Pin delays are used to specify the time delay or length from the internal package connection to the pin’s mounting layer. It is critical to include pin delays when tuning high-speed nets to ensure...
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(P)SpiceItUp: Search by Category, Description, or Function with PSpice Part...
As a designer, your requirement at the early stages of schematic design is quite different, that is the part information you need when it comes to implementing the schematic design and while simulating...
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ASCENT: Finding the Right Parts with Unified Search
Some people say that finding the right components for a design is the most time-consuming part of designing. If that is correct, you need all the help you can get to quickly locate what you need. You...
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