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CDNLive China: Interviewing with Allegro R&D VP Saugat Sen

By TeamAllegro | 4 Oct 2017

Recently, CDNLive China was held in Shanghai. What are the highlights of PCB Track? What are the latest news in the industry? What are the development strategies for Cadence PCB/Packaging? We conducted an exclusive interview with Mr. Saugat Sen, Cadence Allegro R&D Vice President Figure 1 Mr. Saugat presented Outstanding Paper Award to Spreadtrum Figure 2: CDNLive China Figure 3 In PCB Track. Saugat...

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CDNLive | cdnlive china | PCB design | Allegro
Follow Video-Embedded Troubleshooting Articles for Easier Debugging and Empowered Learning

By Jasmine | 18 Sep 2017

Finding a way out of situations is routine in today’s ever changing world—more so in the world of tech. Our problems range from trivial to critical. Mostly, people look for simple solutions that are easy to use. How sometimes a quick note can resolve a nagging problem! And a smart solution with a video simulating steps helps resolve issues even more quickly and satisfactorily. This is exactly what we are...

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PCB | AMS simulator | OrCAD Capture | Allegro
Customer Support Recommends – Rigid-Flex in Allegro PCB Editor 17.2

By Amardeep | 11 Aug 2017

Cadence Online Support has this Rapid Adoption Kit (RAK) on Rigid-Flex in Allegro PCB Editor 17.2 that introduces a flow to define unique stackups by physical zone. The Cross Section Editor in 17.2 has been enhanced to support multiple stackup definitions including support for mask and coating layers. The primary driver for this enhancement is Rigid- Flex applications where it’s common to have different fabrics...

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PCB | Flex | PCB Editor | PCB design
Empowering Learning: New Learning – Cadence Allegro and OrCAD Release17.2-2016

By Jasmine | 26 Jul 2017

Interested in an easy-to-use, collaborative, and robust design-environment that reduces design cycle? Use, Cadence® Allegro® and OrCAD® release 17.2-2016. Here are the 10 Top Reasons to Move Up to Allegro 17.2-2016 Release This enables you to accelerate your PCB design cycle. Get started immediately with the new release using the central page on https://support.cadence.com . It lists important links to...

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Allegro Design Entry | Allegro 17.2 | AMS simulator | OrCAD Capture | Capture CIS | Allegro PCB Editor | Why Move Up to 17.2 | Allegro
Are You Maximizing Your Product Design? See How a Custom ASIC Can Help

By Darin Ten bruggencate | 24 Jul 2017

When you push more of your board into high-performance design fabric like an SoC, suddenly you have the scope for differentiation and innovation in an SoC that you design yourself. Custom SoCs increase differentiation, reliability, IP protection, security of supply, and performance. They also decrease board size, power, BOM, and cost. Are you ready to take the leap? Many companies are working with custom ASICs these...

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ASIC | cadence hosted design solutions | designstart | ARM
Epic Western Movies and PCB Design. Seriously.

By Darin Ten bruggencate | 25 May 2017

I love that recently Westerns movies are making a comeback. Something about the romanticism of a hired gun coming in with no baggage, looking at the situation pragmatically, and doing what everyone knows needs to be done, but just can’t. Once Upon a Time in the West and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly , Sergio Leone’s epic Spaghetti Westerns, aren’t the only foreign influence on what we think of as...

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PCB | PCB Layout and routing | Routing | PCB Co-Design | Symphony | Team design | PCB Editor | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor | Allegro
PSpice – A SPICE Tool Way Beyond Functional Simulation Being Showcased at CDNLive Silicon Valley on April 11, 2017

By Jerry Grzenia | 5 Apr 2017

Every year Cadence Design Systems an industry leader in the Electronic Design Automation Industry hosts worldwide CDNLive forums where Cadence technology users and technical industry experts showcase their latest innovations using Cadence technologies associated with designing Digital ICs, Mixed-Signal ICs and PCBs. This year at CDNLive Silicon Valley from April 11 th to April 12 th the PCB simulation session track...

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Cadence Design Systems | AMS simulator | PSPICE | Grzenia | Allegro
Why Move Up to Allegro 17.2-2016? Vince’s Favorite Usability Features! (Reason 10 of 10)

By Vincent Di Lello | 5 Jan 2017

Most of the PCB designers I know are creatures of habit just like I was... we have our favorite colors, layer names, customized keyboard and our number one goal is to see how many nets we can route in one day. Very rarely do we change – but when we do it’s either because we changed employers or we are forced to because the tried and true processes don’t work any longer. Can you relate? Those...

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Allegro 17.2 | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor | Why Move Up to 17.2
OnDemand links to our Allegro PCB & PSpice 2016 Webinars and looking to 2017...

By James Frey | 16 Dec 2016

As we wrap up 2016, I wanted to share the quick access links to all of our OnDemand Webinars from Q4 2016. ** Also, we are collecting your wishlists for 2017 webinars here. ** Please click this link to participate in our 2017 webinar survey . Boost Your Circuit Simulation Performance with New PSpice Engine Filters, amplifiers, linear and switched-mode power supplies, and other analog/mixed-signal designs...

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What’s Good About Allegro PCB Editor New Concurrent Team Design? New Capabilities in 17.2!

By Jerry Grzenia | 15 Dec 2016

The 17.2 Allegro PCB Editor has new concurrent team design capabilities. For details, please read Michael Catrambone’s blog - Why Move Up to Allegro 17.2-2016? New Concurrent Team Design Capability (Reason 2 of 10) . Concurrent team design (PCB team design) has been part of Allegro PCB Editor for some time now; the capability requires the partitioning of the master design into separate sections so each of the team...

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Why Move Up to Allegro 17.2-2016? New Design Level Checks! (Reason 9 of 10)

By edhickey | 14 Dec 2016

The Allegro PCB 17.2-2016 release is loaded with enhancements related to the DRILL. We have added Pad Definition support for the Actual Drill Tool, Backdrill Tool, Square Drill, Counter Bore/Sink objects and expanded tolerance for slots. By popular demand, Backdrill sites are now fully supported with DRC clearance rules ( Top 10 Reason #4 ). Also new is a behavioral change to the standard Drill Hole Spacing DRC. Back...

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Learning Advanced Flex and Rigid-Flex Design Support in Allegro 17.2-2016

By Amardeep | 23 Nov 2016

Allegro PCB Editor now offers Rigid-Flex applications where it’s common to have different fabrics across the final PCB product. The new functionality offers integrating more technology into less material space. This technology enables design flexibility way beyond conventional rigid interconnect methods. Rigid-flex consists of flex circuit(s) that are laminated within a rigid dielectric material. Base Material for...

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Why Move Up to Allegro 17.2-2016? Via Structures - The Next Generation High Speed Routing Solution (Reason 8 of 10)

By Marita Baldwin | 18 Nov 2016

Via transitions are very common for signals. And in high speed frequencies, these via transitions can be a major contributor to signal degradation in PCB interconnects. High speed channels require ground via(s) close to critical signals to reduce loss of signal integrity by providing continuous return current path when signals transition layers. If you are a PCB design engineer, you know very well that layout implementation...

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diff pairs | Signal Intregrity | High Speed | PCB design | differential pairs | SI analysis and modeling | Differential Pair Support | Why Move Up to 17.2
Why Move Up to Allegro 17.2-2016? Tabbed Routing - The Next Generation High Speed Routing Solution (Reason 7 of 10)

By Marita Baldwin | 11 Nov 2016

Improve Route Channel Utilization with Tabbed Routing Tabbed routing is a new method in which trapezoidal shapes called tabs are added to parallel traces to control impedance in the pin field/breakout regions, and reduce crosstalk in open field regions. It is a breakthrough routing strategy that allows for longer trace lengths and more compressed routing. Unfortunately, this new routing technology increases layout...

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Routing | high-speed | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor | Why Move Up to 17.2
Why Move Up to Allegro 17.2-2016? Arc-aware routing with enhanced contour hug saves time to route on flex designs (Reason 6 of 10)

By edhickey | 31 Oct 2016

Enhanced Contour Routing is a new prototype feature in the Cadence® Allegro® PCB Designer 17.2-2016 that provides a more efficient method to add routing during Add Connect by following an existing connect line or a route keepin. This feature has been vastly improved over the legacy Contour feature by removing a continuous dialog popup, introducing a simple canvas-based two-state click use model, and enabling Shove...

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Why Move Up to Allegro 17.2-2016? So How Does Your Design “Stack-Up”? (Reason 5 of 10)

By eba1221 | 17 Oct 2016

We are not talking about how your design compares to the next guys’, we’re talking about the PCB layer structure of your design, be it rigid, flex, rigid-flex, or using inlay technology. Stackup definition, more specifically accurate stackup definition, is critical for a wide variety of reasons. The arrangement of the various materials affect the computations and analysis for controlled impedance nets and...

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Routing | Rigid-Flex | MCAD-ECAD | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor | Why Move Up to 17.2
What’s Good About Allegro PCB Editor Backdrill Capability? New Capabilities in 17.2!

By Jerry Grzenia | 12 Oct 2016

The 17.2 Allegro PCB Editor has improved backdrill capabilities. Backdrill data is now stored in the library padstacks and utilized at the design level during the analysis and backdrill generation process. Padstacks which do not have pre-defined backdrill information can be automatically updated at the design level by the entering the backdrill criteria prior to running backdrill. Design layers which are backdrilled...

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PCB | PCB Layout and routing | Allegro 17.2 | Allegro GUI | layer stacks | PCB Editor | Layout | PCB design | Grzenia | Allegro PCB Editor | Why Move Up to 17.2 | Allegro
Why Move Up to Allegro 17.2-2016? New Enhanced Backdrill Capability (Reason 4 of 10)

By mcatramb91 | 26 Sep 2016

Adventures in Backdrilling For the past 15 years or so, routing high-speed interfaces handling 5Gbps or higher have become more common in many electrical designs. Transitioning high-frequency signals between layers can greatly affect signal integrity when a portion of plated through-hole (PTH) is left unused, forming an electrical stub. In general, these stubs are a source of impedance discontinuities and signal reflections...

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Why Move Up to Allegro 17.2-2016? New Padstack Editor – More Than Just a New GUI (Reason 3 of 10)

By edhickey | 19 Sep 2016

Customer inputs are key to product improvements I can read your minds as you digest the features and benefits of our Allegro 17.2-2016 Release. “Oh no, what have they done now to disrupt my environment?” If you have been an Allegro user for many years, you know what I’m talking about. Dot Zero releases as we call them are our chance to make database / schema changes that result in some level of...

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backdrill | Allegro 17.2 | keepouts | masks | padstack | PCB design | Why Move Up to 17.2 | Allegro
Why Move Up to Allegro 17.2-2016? New Concurrent Team Design Capability (Reason 2 of 10)

By mcatramb91 | 6 Sep 2016

Use teamwork to get off the critical path! When (not if) change happens or scope creeps... the PCB design team is always on the critical path. You can answer this schedule challenge by dynamically scaling resources with the new concurrent team design capabilities in the Allegro 17.2 2016 Release. We created this product offering to provide designers with a quick an easy way to share a common Allegro database to perform...

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Cadence Online Support — Empowering Learning! New Features from July 2016

By Jasmine | 6 Sep 2016

Lots of documents are posted on Cadence Online Support on regular basis. Let us take sneak preview of recently published documents. You can access the database by logging onto https://support.cadence.com/ . Rapid Adoption Kits (RAK) Allegro PCB Librarian XL Tutorial This tutorial will guide users through a tour of developing library data utilizing PCB Librarian XL. You will review symbol development and the associated...

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Sneak Peek: Discussion Topics for Signal and Power Integrity Expert Panel at CDNLive Boston

By TeamAllegro | 30 Aug 2016

Who? Istvan Novak - senior principal engineer at Oracle Kevin Roselle - senior staff engineer at Qualcomm Dale Becker – chief electronics packaging engineer at IBM Stephen Scearce – senior manager of high-speed design at Cisco Ken Willis - product engineering director of high-speed analysis products at Cadence What? Our experts got together and agreed on a set of kickoff topics...

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power integrity | cdnlive boston | signal integrity | PCB design
Five Industry Experts Coming to CDNLive Boston to Discuss Signal and Power Integrity Design Challenges

By TeamAllegro | 8 Aug 2016

Who Are They? Istvan Novak – Senior Principal Engineer at Oracle Kevin Roselle – Senior Staff Engineer at Qualcomm Stephen Scearce – Senior Manager of High Speed Design at Cisco Dale Becker – Chief Electronics Packaging Engineer at IBM Ken Willis – Product Engineering Director of High-Speed Analysis Products at Cadence What to Expect? East Coast engineers won’t...

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CDNLive | Signal Intregrity | power integrity | Boston | PCB design
What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Persistent Snap and Select? New Capabilities in 16.6-2015!

By Jerry Grzenia | 8 Aug 2016

The 16.6-2015 Allegro PCB Editor release introduces a few new features that provide a persistent capability. Read on for more details. Persistent Snap Overview As an update to the previously added Snap feature, Allegro PCB Editor now features improvements on the popular feature by including Persistent Snap functionality. Users who wish to maintain a specified snap and/or selection type throughout an Allegro session can...

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PCB Layout and routing | Cadence Design Systems | Allegro GUI | Allegro 16.6 | PCB Editor | Layout | PCB design | Grzenia | Allegro PCB Editor
What's Good About ADW’s Model Management? 16.6 Has a Few New Enhancements!

By Jerry Grzenia | 28 Jul 2016

New Model Management capabilities are now available in the SPB 16.6 Allegro Design Workbench (ADW) release. The new model management capability involves creating an environment that manages new model types for the PCB Librarian and other model editors. The benefits: Enhance the 16.6 SI DM Model flow for ease of use Create a new generic adapter to support a file system based model type Create a new generic...

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