What's Good About Property Changes in DEHDL? The Secret's in the 16.5 Release!
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Gerald "Jerry" Grzenia
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February 7, 2012
In the 16.5 release, all connectivity changes are stored in the hierarchical block directly in Design Entry HDL (DEHDL). Connectivity changes are basically additions or modifications of components, nets, and pin-net connections. The behavior remains the
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What's Good About PCB SI Signal Integrity Application Mode? It’s in the 16.5 Release!
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Gerald "Jerry" Grzenia
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January 31, 2012
In release 16.0, the concept of Application Modes was introduced. These application modes are used to set up the tool for specific tasks. The existing applications are General Edit, Etch Edit, and Placement. In 16.5, the Signal Integrity (SI) application
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What's Good About APD’s Die Abstract Libraries? You’ll Need the 16.5 Release to See!
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Gerald "Jerry" Grzenia
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January 24, 2012
In System in Package (SiP) 16.3, the co-design die flow introduced the distributed co-design flow concept, where there is no direct interaction with I/O Planner. Die information flowing between Encounter and SiP Layout is done via a die abstract. In flows
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What's Good About Allegro GRE Constraint Region Support? It’s in the 16.5 Release!
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Gerald "Jerry" Grzenia
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January 18, 2012
The 16.5 Global Route Environment ( GRE ) now allows or prohibits tuning in constraint regions. This functionality was designed to help PCB designers prevent delay routing in constraint regions. This is generally desirable as the space is so tight in
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What's Good About Allegro PCB Router Inset Vias? See for yourself in 16.5!
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Gerald "Jerry" Grzenia
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January 10, 2012
Another high density interconnect (HDI) technology that has gained popularity is inset vias. The 16.5 release has provided new commands added in Allegro PCB Router to support inset vias. Via in Pad pattern has been very popular due to its clear advantage
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What's Good About Allegro Differential Pair Updates? Look to SPB16.5 and See!
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Gerald "Jerry" Grzenia
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January 4, 2012
The 16.5 Allegro PCB Editor release adds differential pair phase tuning as an alternative to using the mouse guided delay tune command, and also quality improvements for transitions at region boundaries. I’m providing a quick summary this week of
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What’s Good About OrCAD Apps? You Can Try Them for Free!
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Gerald "Jerry" Grzenia
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December 20, 2011
The introduction of Apps in the new Cadence OrCAD Capture Marketplace in the 16.5 release brings a new level of feature customization to the designer in a proven, successful, delivery model. But what does this “design by plug-in” or “app
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What's Good About ... ? You'll Need to Open and See!
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Gerald "Jerry" Grzenia
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December 13, 2011
As we approach the Christmas season, many will reflect upon past Christmas times with family, friends, and new acquaintances. As children, we learned about Santa Claus and the fun and excitement of Christmas morning of seeing presents under the Christmas
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What's Good About AMS New PSpice Models? They’re in the 16.5 Release!
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Gerald "Jerry" Grzenia
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December 6, 2011
The 16.5 AMS library has a range of new models that can be used in diverse applications such as power supply, regulation and monitoring, and signal isolation. The new models include the following: • MOSFET Drivers • Alkaline Battery • Supervisory
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What's Good About Graphical Operation Locking in Capture? You Can Easily Do This in 16.5!
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Gerald "Jerry" Grzenia
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November 29, 2011
A schematic page often contains a large number of different types of objects like parts, pins, buses, wires. Designers often need to perform operations like adding new objects, changing object properties, moving, constructing and deleting objects. All
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