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  • Niharika1
    BoardSurfers: Training Insights: How to Assess Electrical Performance of Packages
    By Niharika1 | 17 Feb 2021
    In this blog, you will be taking an IC package design from Allegro® Package Designer Plus (APD Plus) and export the design to Sigrity XtractIM . You will use XtractIM to extract models from the exported package and to assess the electrical pe...
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    APD+ | 17.4 | Cadence Online Support | APD | Allegro Package Designer | 17.4-2019
  • Boopathy J
    BoardSurfers: How to Detect and Resolve Copper Void Slivers
    By Boopathy J | 9 Feb 2021
    Markets today are being driven by miniaturization. As the size is decreasing, PCB designs are getting more and more complex. Manufacturing boards while also addressing the signal integrity issues is becoming a challenge. With continuous shrinkage in the pin ...
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    Slivers | DesignTrue DFM | 17.4-2019 | Copper features | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor | Copper pour | DFM
  • BarbS
    BoardSurfers: The New 17.4-2019 Dynamic Shape 'Fast' Mode is Truly Fast!
    By BarbS | 3 Feb 2021
    This year, it’s the new Fast shape mode, and I feel like I need to talk about it because it is a game-changer in working with positive shapes when it comes to performance and the display quality of shapes. The more etch shapes you have or the larger the database with positive shapes, the slower...
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    17.4 | 17.4-2019 | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Shailly
    (P)SpiceItUp: PSpice A/D Modeling Applications
    By Shailly | 27 Jan 2021
    What if you need a model with specific parameters, generated for your schematic on the fly? What if you need a model that is created by adding few parameters from a data sheet? What if you want to see the changes in the model behavior by varying a c...
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    17.4 | OrCAD Capture | PSpiceA/D | Capture CIS | 17.4-2019 | OrCAD
  • Niharika1
    BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Three Ways to Start OrbitIO System Planner
    By Niharika1 | 20 Jan 2021
    OrbitIO System Planner is a multi-fabric interconnect planning and optimization solution. It provides a single-canvas environment where you can derive and evaluate connectivity between the dies and package in the context of the complete system....
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    17.4 | Cadence Online Support | OrbitIO System Planner | 17.4-2019
  • avijeet
    BoardSurfers: How to Add Fanouts Using Standard Via Structures
    By avijeet | 13 Jan 2021
    An increase in design complexity has forced designers to take novel approaches to meet routing challenges. Long back, designers used to group objects (vias, clines, or shapes) and copy-paste them in the design to reuse routing. The obvious drawback w...
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    17.4-QIR2 | 17.4-2019 | Allegro PCB Editor
  • AllegroReleaseTeam
    Cadence OrCAD and Allegro 17.4-2019 HotFix SPB17.40.013 is Now Available
    By AllegroReleaseTeam | 8 Jan 2021
    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 this update and introduces some of the mai...
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    17.4 | OrCAD Capture | EDM | ECAD-MCAD Library Creator | PCB design | Allegro System Capture | Allegro PCB Editor | Pulse
  • Auromala
    The Year That Was: Cadence PCB Design Blogs in 2020
    By Auromala | 24 Dec 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, and scrambled to look presentable in conference...
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    Cadence Design Systems | 17.4 | 17.4-2019 | OrCAD | PCB design | installation | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Shailly
    (P)SpiceItUp: Five Ways of Finding the Right PSpice A/D Component
    By Shailly | 22 Dec 2020
    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 part search and placement feature in the OrCAD&re...
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    17.4 | OrCAD Capture | PSpiceA/D | Capture CIS | 17.4-2019 | OrCAD
  • Niharika1
    BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Running RAVEL Rules from Command Line
    By Niharika1 | 15 Dec 2020
    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. You can also run these rules from Allegro&re...
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    17.4 | Cadence Online Support | 17.4-2019 | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor | Allegro
  • Sarbjit
    BoardSurfers: Managing Materials Using A Single Material File for PCB, Package, and Simulation
    By Sarbjit | 11 Dec 2020
    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 Material Editor that uses a ...
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    17.4 | Allegro Package Designer | 17.4-2019 | Allegro PCB Editor | SI analysis and modeling
  • Sanjiv Bhatia
    BoardSurfers: How to Install Allegro ECAD-MCAD Library Creator Server?
    By Sanjiv Bhatia | 2 Dec 2020
    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. The repository allows centralized configuration-controlled storage...
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    17.4-2019 | ECAD-MCAD Library Creator | Allegro
  • BarbS
    BoardSurfers: Units, Accuracy, and Artwork - How to Do It Right!
    By BarbS | 25 Nov 2020
    It might seem simple, but database units and accuracy directly relate to the artwork generated, and it is possible to misunderstand the artwork format as it relates to the board setup. Thirty years ago, databases were set up as Mils (0.0) or Mil...
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    PCB Editor | 17.4-2019 | Allegro
  • Shailly
    (P)SpiceItUp: Verifying and Optimizing Designs with PSpice A/D
    By Shailly | 23 Nov 2020
    PSpice® A/D is a fully featured analog and mixed-signal simulator that can be integrated with OrCAD® and Allegro® tools. With PSpice A/D you can improve design functionality and reliability, and also verify the electrical performance of d...
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    17.4 | OrCAD Capture | PSpiceA/D | Capture CIS | PSPICE | 17.4-2019
  • Shreyansh
    BoardSurfers: Training Insights: RF PCB Design Flow Using Allegro Editors
    By Shreyansh | 10 Nov 2020
    Allegro® RF PCB solution provides you with a unified design solution for complex mixed-signal projects. From schematic to layout and manufacturing, a total front-to-back design flow helps you streamline your entire RF design process. You lay RF ...
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    17.4 | RF PCB | Cadence Online Support | 17.4-2019 | Allegro PCB Editor | Allegro
  • Shirin Farrahi
    BoardSurfers: Allegro In-Design Reflection Analysis: Signal Integrity Simulations on the PCB Canvas
    By Shirin Farrahi | 3 Nov 2020
    Reflections happen on Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) whenever signals encounter an impedance discontinuity, so maintaining constant impedance along all interconnects is always desirable. But it’s not always possible to achieve this. In order to ...
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    PCB design and layout | 17.4-2019 | PCB Signal integrity | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Shikha Jain
    BoardSurfers: Installation Know-How: Installing Cadence OrCAD and Allegro Products Without Administrative Rights
    By Shikha Jain | 28 Oct 2020
    Often organizations do not grant administrative privileges to users on their systems. Performing administrative tasks by standard users can be of greater risk than benefit as this could lead to serious virus and malware infections and catastrophic da...
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    17.4 | Allegro OrCAD Installer | 17.4-2019 | OrCAD | Allegro
  • Sanjiv Bhatia
    BoardSurfers: Four Ways to Create Footprints in Allegro Library Creator
    By Sanjiv Bhatia | 21 Oct 2020
    All components on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) layout will have a footprint. A footprint is where your component gets soldered on the PCB. These footprints need to be extremely accurate so that your PCB can be properly assembled at the time of manufacturing. Allegro ECAD-MCAD Library Creator can create the most accurate and industry compliant footprints you could want. Usually, you might need to create your own custom...
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    Library Creator | 17.4-2019 | Allegro
  • Monika
    BoardSurfers: Translating Allegro Database to Readable Format Using 'Extracta'
    By Monika | 15 Oct 2020
    In the process of developing a PCB design, a multitude of experts are involved in the verification of the design. These experts and various other stakeholders can be from your own company or from your manufacturer and they will be interested in parti...
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    APD+ | 17.4 | extracta | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Shreyansh
    BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Creating Inter-Layer Checks Available in Constraint Manager
    By Shreyansh | 6 Oct 2020
    In standard PCB designs, various masks and surface finishes require verification of proper clearances and coverage. The rigid-flex designs not only have the same mask and surface finish requirements but also have additional geometries, such as bend a...
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    17.4 | Constraint Manager | Rigid-Flex | 17.4-2019 | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Siddharth Makkar
    BoardSurfers: Rev Up Your Designs Using Color Themes in Allegro 3D Canvas
    By Siddharth Makkar | 29 Sep 2020
    You will agree if I say that the right use of color gets attention, enhances clarity, differentiates items, facilitates the identification of issues, and hence improves productivity. In PCB design, colors are particularly important for the reasons just mentioned, and colors very aptly have...
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    PCB | 3D Canvas | APD | Layout | 17.4-2019 | 3D | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Sanjiv Bhatia
    BoardSurfers: Create Custom Footprints with ECAD MCAD Library Creator
    By Sanjiv Bhatia | 23 Sep 2020
    For every PCB designer, adding correct footprints to the PCB is important. Also, sometimes when you are creating a new project, your client demands a new component to be added to the design for which you do not have a footprint.
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    17.4-2019 | ECAD-MCAD Library Creator | Allegro
  • Shikha Jain
    BoardSurfers: Installation Know-How: Which Installation Method is Right for You?
    By Shikha Jain | 15 Sep 2020
    Installing new software seems like a daunting task for most of us. You may feel burdened with concerns like how to install and what options to choose, and so on. So, in this post, I will unload your worries and share some best practices to make the i...
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    17.4 | Allegro OrCAD Installer | 17.4-2019 | Download Manager | OrCAD | Allegro
  • BarbS
    BoardSurfers: Find by Name or Find by Query - That is the Question!
    By BarbS | 8 Sep 2020
    You must be using find utility day in and day out, but if you are unfamiliar with Find by Query in Allegro Layout Editors, read on. Layout editors retained the original Find by Name when developing a new utility to do what Find by Name cou...
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    Find command | APD | PCB Editor | FIND | Find result | Find by Query
  • Rachna2018
    BoardSurfers: Implementing SKILL Code
    By Rachna2018 | 2 Sep 2020
    This post is in continuation of  Extending Allegro Layout Capabilities with SKILL , where I described how SKILL code can make things faster and more efficient even without having to code from scratch. In this post, we’ll see sample implementations...
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    17.4 | PCB design and layout | 17.4-2019 | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor | SKILL
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