Maximizing Productivity in Your PCB Design Webinar - Part I
With the task of designing complex boards at narrow deadlines becoming prevalent, managing design tasks like annotation of user and system defined attributes and assigning special properties on pins can save valuable efforts and reduce the overall development time. The OrCAD® PCB Designer suite (based on Allegro technology) of tools provides a tight integration between schematic design entry and PCB layout process and can effectively handle large and complex board designs.
This webinar will feature product technology demonstrations on some of the most frequently asked questions for OrCAD Capture® CIS and OrCAD PCB Editor.
Featured products:
• OrCAD Capture
• OrCAD PCB Editor
Who should attend?
• Current OrCAD PCB Editor users
• Current OrCAD Capture CIS user
What you will learn…
• How to annotate system and user defined attributes between OrCAD Capture CIS and OrCAD PCB Editor
• How to assign POWER_GROUP/ POWER_PIN property in OrCAD Capture CIS and OrCAD PCB Editor
• How to connect two nets together at a tie point
Basic simulation is just the first step in creating a good PCB design. Predicting a circuit’s behavior by varying tolerances of the components used along with their stress limits is instrumental in producing designs that exceed expectations. Optimizing designs to meet new goals and specifications, parametric simulation and statistical analysis of the simulation results not only cuts down the time spent on re-working existing designs but also reduces the time-to-market for the final product.
PSpice® Advanced Analysis is a tool that can respond to any serious simulation requirements. It is used in conjunction with PSpice A/D to improve design performance, reliability and yield.
Who should attend?
What you will learn…
PCB Design Fundamentals using OrCAD PCB Editor Webinar
Designing a printed circuit board (PCB) can be quite a challenge when you don’t understand the capabilities of your design tools. Creating designs with critical requirements and narrow deadlines requires engineers to have comprehensive knowledge of the CAD tool you use daily. Even understanding some of the fundamental operations like importing / exporting mechanical CAD data, creating a PCB library of
footprints, physical constraints management etc., can save time and make your job easier and more productive.
In this webinar we will demonstrate how OrCAD PCB Editor, a key product within the OrCAD PCB Designer suite, offers an extensive feature set to address today’s design challenges and manufacturability concerns. You’ll also discover how the constraint-driven PCB layout editing tool derived from Cadence® Allegro® technology can provide the ability to communicate necessary information back and forth with other tools involved in the design process.
Who should attend?
• New OrCAD users
• Current OrCAD PCB Editor users
• PCB design tool users
What you will learn…
• How to import mechanical CAD data
• How to create Padstacks with special shapes
• How to create Flash data for Padstacks
• How to build PCB Footprints
• How to place by “Room Properties”
• How to set and create physical constraints
• How to create negative split planes
• How to use “Zcopy” command to create multiple planes
• Layout structure (“class”/subclass” structure)
Define and “Reuse” Design Modules between Schematic Entry and PCB Layout Webinar
With the increase in design complexities and reduced time-to-market, today’s PCB design flow demands tighter integration between the schematic entry and PCB layout environment. PCB design tools that can communicate and easily share data can reduce development time and increase overall productivity. Allegro Design Entry CIS and Allegro PCB Editor allow designers to define and reuse design modules between the schematic entry and PCB layout process–creating a re-usable library element.
This live webinar will illustrate the latest release of Allegro Design Entry CIS and Allegro PCB Editor – demonstrating the tight integration between design entry and the PCB layout process. We will also demonstrate new feature enhancements that can reduce the time needed for ECOs and other design tasks–helping design teams meet their aggressive schedules.
Who should attend?
• Current Allegro Design Entry CIS
• Current Allegro PCB Editor users
• PCB design tool users
What you will learn…
• How to create reuse modules in both Allegro Design Entry and Allegro PCB Editor
• How to convert an existing schematic design into a reuse module
• How to utilize reuse design created in Allegro Design Entry CIS within another design
• How to replicate constraints stored in blocks in higher level designs
• How to cross-probe and cross-place design modules
• How to manage design variations
Designing for RoHS/WEEE Compliance Webinar
Is your company ready to comply with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directives? July 1, 2006 is the deadline for RoHS compliance—No lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, PBDE, or PBB in your electronics. If you do not comply, you can not sell electronics in the EU. Electronics manufacturers are scrambling to find a cost-effective way to handle the new regulations without disrupting their product development cycles, inventory controls, and supply chains.
EMA's Compliance by Design™ methodology incorporates a database containing all component data including RoHS/WEEE information into the schematic design tool. This allows an engineer to see part information and RoHS/WEEE data while selecting parts in the schematic tool. Using this design process, an engineer can guarantee that parts used are compliant.
What you will learn in our RoHS/WEEE compliance webinar...
• What is RoHS/WEEE?
• What products are affected?
• How will RoHS/WEEE affect the design engineer and design cycle?
• How will RoHS/WEEE impact the availability of today's components?
• Who is responsible and what will be required for compliance?
• What are the consequences of non-compliance?
• What is the most cost-effective way to handle compliance issues?
• How can effective RoHS/WEEE data management save you time and money?
• Why does RoHS/WEEE data belong in our Engineering Data Management™ (EDM™) System?
Who should attend?
• CEO's
• Vice Presidents
• Directors of Engineering
• Operations Managers
• Compliance Engineers
• Anyone involved with or concerned about RoHS/WEEE compliance
With EMA as your RoHS/WEEE partner, you won't have to ask "What percentage of my AVL is covered?" We provide 100% BOM coverage and obtain our material content directly from the manufacturer, per your request. We've put together the best tools and the most comprehensive RoHS/WEEE hazardous material content, so your engineering team can make RoHS/WEEE compliance an inherent part of the design process.
Process Impacts of Board Level Libraries Webinar
Library costs are usually buried in project overhead, so it becomes difficult to quantify. Inadequate library control leads to poor product quality, process repeatability, and increased internal costs. Library costs can be quickly and cost-effectively addressed and all future projects will benefit; synchronizing library data with other Enterprise systems can provide dramatic results.
In this live presentation we will discuss the impacts and costs, both hidden and exposed, relative to Library management methodologies in the printed circuit board design process. Using a case study for Return on Investment (ROI) calculations, we will discuss detailed implementation costs and cost savings, both in dollars and time. This includes an outline of integration options including links into your existing MRP, ERP or PDM and design development, component engineering, procurement and manufacturing.
Who should attend?
• CEO's
• Vice Presidents
• Directors of Engineering
• Operations Managers
• Compliance Engineers
• Anyone involved with or concerned about RoHS/WEEE compliance
What you will learn…
• Library issues / challenges
• RoHS overview
• Benefits of EMA’s Library Methodology
• Client return on investment case study