functional units in altium designer

Altium Designer Functional Areas

Why Data Management

The Idea behind Altium Designer

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� What exactly is the output of Altium Designer?

ONE Tool for each Electronic Design Engineer


Traditional Design Tool Chain Model.


One tool, one GUI, one unified set of data


Why Data Management

Schematic & PCB: Designing with Altium


Schematic Level Design

� Full Hierarchical Design

– Logical project partitioning

– Intuitive design navigation

� Design Reuse

– Multi-channel design

– Snippets & Device Sheets

� Structured Classes


� Structured Classes

– E.g. nets, components, sheets etc.

– Object Class explorer

Schematic Level Design

� Variant Management

– Graphical representation

– Schematic and PCB

� PCB rules allready definable in Schematic

– Directives / blankets

� Advanced Graphical Editing


� Advanced Graphical Editing

– Find Similiar

– Smart Paste

– List Panel .

Synchronizing Schematic and PCB

� Difference Engine

– 100% User-configurable and –controlled comperator

– Engineering Change Orders flow

� Reliable ECO Process

– Engineering Change Order flow


– Engineering Change Order flow

PCB Level Design

� Complete Schematic-PCB design integrity

– Fully synchronizable

– Select in Schematic and PCB simultaneous

� Intuitive User-Interface

– Live Highlighting

– Fully configurable display options


� Customizable Grids

– Cartesian & Polar Grids

� Convenient PCB setup

– Layer stack manager

– Board wizard

PCB Level Design

� Advanced Interactive Routing

– E.g. Auto-complete, push-and-shove, hugging ...

– Multi-track (Bus) routing

– Differential pair routing

– Impedance-controlled routing

� Length tuning


– For single and differential tracks

� Graphical comparision of versions

– Merge resolution view

� Topological Auto-Routing

– Finish up your design

– BGA escape router

Navigation and Highlighting

� Build-in Navigator

– Browse through all objects in a project

– Easy find capabilities

� Highlighting

– Automatic highlighting the objects of interest


PCB in 3D

� Unique 3D-Mode in PCB-Editor

– Integrated in PCB layout module

� Modelling the PCB

– Create Board-Outline from MCAD-Data

– Rendered in real-time

� Full Placement Capabilities


– User-definable clearance rules

– Violations shown graphically

– Real-time constraint checking

PCB Collaboration

� Multiple Designers working on the same PCB

– Reduce design cycle time by 40-70%

– Utilize local or globally dispersed teams

– Manage layout and engineering resources with fexibility

� Simultaneous layout

– by multiple designers or technical experts


– by multiple designers or technical experts

Library Creation

� Schematic Symbol Creation

– From data sheet/Excel list

� Footprint Creation

– IPC compliant Footprint Wizard


– IPC compliant Footprint Wizard

� 3D Model included

– 3D Extruded/STEP Model

� Unified Components in Alium Live

– >100.000 Unified Components

Today’s Libraries Concepts

� Type 1: Independent Libraries

� Type 2: Integrated Libraries

� Type 3: Database Libraries


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Next Generation Component Management...

Component


Component

Libraries

Part Choices

Live Supplier Data – BOM Generation

� Live Supplier Links

– Drag & Drop to Components

– Automize BOM & Purchase Order generation


# Comment Quantity Supplier Manufacturer Part Number Supplier Part Number

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Why Data Management

Included Tools and Functionality


Version Control System

� Build in Apache Subversion (SVN)

– Check out data from Repository

– All team members can change

– Only one set of Master Files

– Fully Integrated in Altium Designer

– Compare any Files

– New version generation from Altium


– New version generation from Altium

History Management

� Automatic History

– Compare two different Versions

– Revert back to older versions

– Graphical Visualisation

– Differences Window

– Highlighting of changes


Production Data Generation: Output Job

� Pre-pack your preferred output settings

– Simplifies the creation of manufacturing files and design documentation

– Allows all relevant information to be grouped together for output

– Project and variant driven output generation


Configuration Management

� Automize Output Generation per Configuration

– Predefine a set of Output Job to be executed per configuration

– Different storage places per configuration with or without a Vault


Design and Supply Chain Area

� Combine Design and Supply Chain Area

– All involved team members in a company can work with the same tool:

� Designers, Librarians, Purchaser, Product Managers etc.

� Even suppliers can use data directly from the Vault.


Altium Vault

� What does a Vault offer?

– Storage of data (incl. lifecycle management)

– Relational database (‘where-used’ functionality)

– Authentication (AVS, incl. approval processes)

– Webserver application (AVS, access from anywhere)


– Webserver application (AVS, access from anywhere)

� What can be inside?

– Components (with models, parameters & links to supplier information)

– Managed Design Content (reusable design data and templates)

– Released Designs (complete designs for manufacturing)

Vaults – The Different Flavors

� All customers under

subscription get it

� Access from Altium

Designer Panel

� Limited to 3 Users

Altium Personal Vault

- No Authentication

- Vault & Data resides locally


� Sold separately

� User Identification and

controlled access

� Access from Altium

Designer Panel and web

browser (Intranet)

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Altium Vault Server

- Authentication locally

- Vault & Data resides locally

Release & Lifecycle Management

� Automized Release Data Management

– Generate ALL necessary files on a push button.

– All files 100% checked vs. your rules.

� Full Lifecycle Management

– Have all lifecycles of your product


Checkout Snapshot

Validate Design

Generate Outputs

Commit Release

Mixed Signal Simulation

� Supports popular circuit simulation standards

– Fully compatible with SPICE3f5

– Supports for a wide range of PSpice® device models

� A Broad Range of Analysis Types

– Transient, AC Small, Fourier, Pole-Zero

– Noise, Monte-Carlo, Parameter Sweep


� Capture once for SIM & PCB

Signal Integrity

� Proven Technology

– Transmission line calculations and I/O buffer models (IBIS)

– Industry-proven algorithms (Field-Solver)

� Quickly explore potential solutions

– Cross-Probing / Highlighting SCH/PCB/SIM

� Takes advantages of Unified Database


– No need to feed a ‚Monster‘

– Hope is not part of your design strategy

� Vendor Independent Design (using Vendors PaR)

– Actel, Altera, Lattice, Xilinx

� Diverse design capture capabilities

– Schematic entry plus VHDL/Verilog

– Top-down design with OpenBus (Wishbone based)

– C-Based FPGA Logic Development

Embedded Design


– C-Based FPGA Logic Development

� Software Platform Builder

– Mappers, drivers, applications and services incl.

� Additionally

– Instant Prototyping / Verification with NanoBoards

– Free of Charge IP Library

– Virtual Instruments

Scripting Capabilities within Altium Designer

� Full flexibility

– Several scripting languages

– Script units and script forms

– Editors / debugger build in

� Ready to use

– CTRL + mouse = synthax


– Examples and references

– Customer collection (Altium Addons)

Why Data Management

The Ecosystem around Altium Designer


Altium Live: A complete Ecosystem


� Objective: Deliver new features and fixes to you as soon as possible.

� Two different stages of the install process:

– Pre-Installation: Altium Platform Installer

– Post-Installation: Plug-ins and Updates

The new installation and update process


– Post-Installation: Plug-ins and Updates

� Two types of modules are available:

– System Modules

– Plugin Modules

Altium Designers complete Ecosystem

MCAD IntegrationMCAD Integration

PCB DesignPCB Design Data ManagementData Management


Design Design VerificationVerification

Embedded DesignEmbedded Design

Single Single GUI GUI

Altium Live / InstallerAltium Live / Installer

Design CreationDesign Creation

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