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  • 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
  • Rachna2018
    BoardSurfers: Extending Allegro Layout Capabilities with SKILL
    By Rachna2018 | 27 Aug 2020
    Why do I need SKILL? The difference between generic departmental store clothing and premium custom tailoring is what the effective use of SKILL scripts can bring to your PCB Layout design world.  While our layout applications come loaded with power-packed features...
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    17.4 | PCB design and layout | 17.4-2019 | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Shreyansh
    BoardSurfers: Training Insights: How to Run a RAVEL Rule from the GUI
    By Shreyansh | 19 Aug 2020
    With the current scenario of COVID-19, you cannot do without rules. You have to soak vegetables in brine for ten minutes, wash milk in plastic packaging with soap, sanitize metals with an alcoholic solution (70% and above), and whatnot. Well, you get...
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    17.4 | 17.4-2019 | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Shirin Farrahi
    BoardSurfers: Allegro In-Design Crosstalk Analysis: Signal Integrity Simulations on the PCB Canvas
    By Shirin Farrahi | 11 Aug 2020
    Crosstalk is the transfer of unwanted signals from an “aggressor” net to a “victim” and is one of the major classes of signal integrity (SI) problems that can exist in Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designs. Reducing crosstalk as...
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    PCB design and layout | PCB Signal integrity | Allegro PCB Editor | Allegro
  • Shikha Jain
    BoardSurfers: Installation Know-How: Six Things You Need to Know Before Installing Cadence OrCAD and Allegro Products on Windows
    By Shikha Jain | 4 Aug 2020
    Installation of software applications depends upon certain factors such as system configuration, the number of files getting installed, and network speed.  Installation time is influenced by a change in any of these elements and hence individual...
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    Allegro OrCAD Installer | OrCAD | Allegro
  • AllegroReleaseTeam
    Quickly View Schematic Designs, Boards, and IC Packages for Free Using Cadence PCB Viewers 2019
    By AllegroReleaseTeam | 29 Jul 2020
    Do you want to quickly view a schematic, layout, or IC package without installing the complete OrCAD product suite? Get read-only access to design data created in OrCAD Capture, PCB Editor, Allegro Package Designer Plus? With 17.4-2019 HotFix...
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    OrCAD Capture | APD | PCB Editor | Allegro Package Designer | PCB design and layout | 17.4-2019
  • BarbS
    BoardSurfers: Everything You Need to Know About Fixed Fillets/Teardrops
    By BarbS | 21 Jul 2020
    First, teardrops and fillets are interchangeable words in PCB design, and both terms are used here in this post. Second, I’m going to go over fixed fillets from start to finish so you can avoid the problem when you are ready for Fab...
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    Allegro Package Designer | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Shreyansh
    BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Adding and Re-Ordering Mask Layers
    By Shreyansh | 14 Jul 2020
    One idea that completely revolutionized the concept of PCB making is adding layers to it. These layers are everywhere and used for everything in a PCB – whether you have to mount the components, provide insulation while keeping the mounting pads accessible, provide power and ground to your PCB, or you need something to carry the signal traces.
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    17.4 | 17.4-2019 | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Sanjiv Bhatia
    BoardSurfers: 17.4-2019 HotFix 007 for ECAD-MCAD Library Creator Is Now Available
    By Sanjiv Bhatia | 10 Jul 2020
    The Library Creator 17.4-2019 HotFix 007 update is now available. This time, the entire Templates dialog has got a facelift that will make it easier to locate and select a template. A bunch of changes has been made to the Properties window. Another noticeable change is that we added a few buttons to the Configuration dialog that allow you to quickly add new rules. Keep reading to find out more about the changes....
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    Library Creator | 17.4-2020 | 17.4-QIR1 | 17.4-2019 | ECAD-MCAD Library Creator | PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor | Allegro
  • Dishika Majumdar
    BoardSurfers: Good News for Japanese Readers
    By Dishika Majumdar | 30 Jun 2020
    In this blog, I’m going to share some great news for our Japanese readers. Let's find out what it is…
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    PCB | 17.4 | OrCAD Capture | APD | PSPICE | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Shirin Farrahi
    BoardSurfers: Allegro In-Design Return Path Analysis: Find and Visualize Return Path Issues
    By Shirin Farrahi | 26 Jun 2020
    Return path issues are common and difficult to diagnose in complex printed circuit board designs. In the worst case, a signal could have no DC return path, and your circuit will be open at the lowest frequencies. In other cases, a poor return path ca...
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    PCB SI | PCB design | Allegro
  • Shreyansh
    BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Creating High-Speed Via Structures
    By Shreyansh | 16 Jun 2020
    High-speed via structures combine vias, connect lines (clines) or traces, static shapes without voids, and route keep-outs. High-speed via structures comprise of differential pairs with return path vias and route keep-outs for custom voiding.
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    PCB design | Allegro PCB Editor
  • AllegroReleaseTeam
    Cadence OrCAD and Allegro 17.4-2019 HotFix 007 Is Now Available
    By AllegroReleaseTeam | 11 Jun 2020
    The HotFix 007 (QIR 1, indicated as 2020 in the application splash screens) update for OrCAD and Allegro is now available at Cadence Downloads. This release includes many improved product features and new enhancements, mostly resulting from...
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    OrCAD Capture | EDM | Allegro Package Designer | ECAD-MCAD Library Creator | Allegro System Capture | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Monika
    BoardSurfers: DRC Browser – A One-Stop Solution for DRC Management
    By Monika | 3 Jun 2020
    Design rule checks are essential to ensure the functionality, reliability, and manufacturing yield for a design. You run DRCs several times during the design cycle to validate the design. If I say auditing design rules is an intense and time-c...
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    DRC | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Shirin Farrahi
    BoardSurfers: Allegro In-Design Coupling Analysis: Crosstalk Mitigation without Models
    By Shirin Farrahi | 26 May 2020
    Just as social distancing minimizes human contact to prevent the spread of disease, PCB spacing constraints minimize coupling between traces to prevent crosstalk problems for drivers and receivers. In cases where a safe distance cannot be maintained,...
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    PCB SI | PCB design | Allegro
  • Sanjiv Bhatia
    BoardSurfers: Footprint Creation Using a STEP Model in Library Creator
    By Sanjiv Bhatia | 21 May 2020
    Read how you can easily create accurate footprints from a vendor-provided STEP Model using Allegro ECAD-MCAD Library Creator.
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    Library Creator | PCB Editor | 17.4-2019 | ECAD-MCAD Library Creator | PCB design | Allegro
  • mrigashira
    BoardSurfers: Three Steps to Using Embedded Components
    By mrigashira | 15 May 2020
    If you think embedding components in a PCB just reduces product size, well that's true but that's only half the truth. Embedding components also increases performance and reduces transmission loss. So it's about miniaturization and performance with e...
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    embedded components | Allegro Package Designer | Allegro PCB Editor
  • Shreyansh
    BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Placing Parts Manually Using Design for Assembly (DFA) Rules
    By Shreyansh | 8 May 2020
    So, what if you can figure out all that can go wrong when your product is being assembled early on? Not guess but know and correct at an early stage – not wait for the fabricator or manufacturer to send you a long report of what needs to change. That’s why Design for Assembly (DFA) rules
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    Allegro PCB Editor
  • Shirin Farrahi
    BoardSurfers: Allegro In-Design Impedance Analysis: Screen your Routed Design Quickly
    By Shirin Farrahi | 28 Apr 2020
    Have you ever manufactured a printed circuit board (PCB) without analyzing all the routed signal traces? Most designers will say “yes, all the time.” Trace widths and spacing are set by constraints, and many designers simply don’t h...
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    PCB design | Sigrity | Allegro
  • mrigashira
    BoardSurfers: Training Insights - Fundamentals of PDN for Design and PCB Layout
    By mrigashira | 21 Apr 2020
    What is a Power Distribution Network (PDN) after all but resistance, inductance, and capacitance in the PCB and components? And, of course, it is there to deliver the right current and voltage to each component on your PCB. But is that all? Are there oth...
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    power integrity | Sigrity | Allegro PCB Editor | PowerDC
  • Sanjiv Bhatia
    BoardSurfers: Five Easy Steps to Create Footprints Using Packages in Library Creator
    By Sanjiv Bhatia | 16 Apr 2020
    In my previous blog , I talked about creating a footprint using an existing template in Allegro ECAD-MCAD Library Creator and explained how easily you can access an existing template and create a package from it by just clicking a button. In this blog...
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    Library Creator | PCB Editor | 17.4-2019 | ECAD-MCAD Library Creator | PCB design
  • Shreyansh
    BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Loading SKILL Programs Automatically
    By Shreyansh | 7 Apr 2020
    Imagine you are on a vacation with your family, and suddenly, your phone starts buzzing. You pick it up and what are you looking at is a bunch of pending, unanswered e-mails. You start recollecting the checklist you had made before taking off only to realize that you haven’t put on the automatic replies!
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    Cadence SKILL | Allegro PCB Editor | Allegro Skill
  • Shirin Farrahi
    BoardSurfers: Allegro In-Design IR Drop Analysis: Essential for Optimal Power Delivery Design
    By Shirin Farrahi | 1 Apr 2020
    All PCB designers know the importance of proper power delivery for successful board design. Integrated circuits need the power to turn on, and ICs with marginal power delivery will not operate reliably. Since power planes can...
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    PCB PI | PCB design | power
  • mrigashira
    BoardSurfers: Footprints for Silicon - Two Steps to Creating PCB Footprints
    By mrigashira | 27 Mar 2020
    Longfellow's metaphorical footprints on the sands of time is more profound and eternal no doubt but a footprint for silicon (a form of sand isn't it?) is as important for PCB designers. So, here we will list the steps to create a fo...
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    Allegro PCB Editor
  • Sanjiv Bhatia
    BoardSurfers: Creating Footprints Using Templates in Library Creator
    By Sanjiv Bhatia | 18 Mar 2020
    With ECAD-MCAD Library Creator, you can easily create footprints for your parts using thousands of ready-to-use templates that are provided with the tool.
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    Library Creator | 17.4-2019 | ECAD-MCAD Library Creator | PCB design
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