DATA Pulse: Track Your Components—Efficient Library and Design Data Management

Ever noticed how some objects always mysteriously disappear? It's like they have their own legs. Or maybe, secretly, they thirst for adventure and go wandering off. Socks for example. Why does one twin always disappear after a round in the washing machine? After a few months, you just have a sad pile of lonely, orphaned socks in a variety of colors. Pens are equally guilty. They're always disappearing. Pen caps are even worse. Car keys. Passports.

And can there be something worse than not finding something? Yes. Imagine this: you've planned a vacation abroad, booked your plane tickets, and you're ready to go. Then, a week before you leave, you look for your passport. A frantic hunt ensues. Then you find it, but it will expire within six months of your travel date. Arghh.

ECAD engineers are all too familiar with that feeling of fruitless searches. Then they find the component they're looking for but what do you know? It's approaching its end of life. Without the right tools, mismanagement of ECAD data is easy. Imagine a scenario where you released a product but some error forces you to revise your design. Think of all the rework.

Instead, what if you had an efficient library and design data management lifecycle process that could do the following:

• Ensure a common parts repository, from which parts can be distributed across geographical regions
• Ensure data consistency
• Allow the sharing of ECAD libraries across multiple sites
• Provide dynamic part-related information, such as the following, from PLM systems in your existing setup:
  • Compliance (RoHS, WEEE, ELV)
  • Part datasheets
  • Cost
  • Lifecycle (EOL, approaching EOL)
• Provide searchable property support with well-classified objects
• Provide for the definition of Alternate Manufacturer Parts Lists

Allegro EDM's library management solution helps you streamline your ECAD library data management process, thus helping you to complete design projects on time, within budget, and reducing the possibility for errors.
 

So, why wait? Learn how to efficiently manage your ECAD data libraries using the Allegro Library Manager 17.2 Rapid Adoption Kit (RAK). The RAK demonstrates basic operations in the library development flow.

RAKs are easily available by going to support.cadence.com and selecting Resources — Rapid Adoption Kits. So, strap on headphones, tune out all distractions, and get started.