This QFN has pulled in leads and chamfered corner pins recommended in the Mfr Datasheet.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Version Control in Altium Designer - YouTube
Version Control in Altium Designer - YouTube: (45 minutes)
"This tutorial will walk you through setting up external version control in Altium Designer, add design to the repository, check in and check out designs, merging designs, and using Storage Manager."
'via Blog this'
"This tutorial will walk you through setting up external version control in Altium Designer, add design to the repository, check in and check out designs, merging designs, and using Storage Manager."
'via Blog this'
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Setup and Using layer pairs - YouTube
Setup and Using layer pairs - YouTube By Microdex:
This video includes creating a Layer Pair for Assembly Drawings that use '.designator' on a mechanical layer.
Key points include defining the Layer Pairs while all placed parts are on the Top Layer.
This video includes creating a Layer Pair for Assembly Drawings that use '.designator' on a mechanical layer.
Key points include defining the Layer Pairs while all placed parts are on the Top Layer.
Friday, June 28, 2013
WEBENCH Export – TI.com
WEBENCH Export – TI.com:
"WEBENCH® Export Download from WEBENCH Design Tools Directly into Your CAD Environment in Minutes The WEBENCH Export option will take any Power Designer design and convert it on the fly to leading CAD development platforms. Designers using the industry-leading tools from Altium, Cadence, or Mentor Graphics can immediately go from easy-to-use, expert system, value-optimized designs created online in the no-cost WEBENCH Designer or Architect platforms directly into their CAD software.
WEBENCH Export users can open a design in their software just as if they spent days or weeks creating it natively. WEBENCH Export allows the direct download of dynamic WEBENCH designs into leading CAD environments in minutes."
'via Blog this'
"WEBENCH® Export Download from WEBENCH Design Tools Directly into Your CAD Environment in Minutes The WEBENCH Export option will take any Power Designer design and convert it on the fly to leading CAD development platforms. Designers using the industry-leading tools from Altium, Cadence, or Mentor Graphics can immediately go from easy-to-use, expert system, value-optimized designs created online in the no-cost WEBENCH Designer or Architect platforms directly into their CAD software.
WEBENCH Export users can open a design in their software just as if they spent days or weeks creating it natively. WEBENCH Export allows the direct download of dynamic WEBENCH designs into leading CAD environments in minutes."
'via Blog this'
Monday, June 24, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
Interactive Matched Length Routing
How to Create Matched Lengths
Matched Length Routing - Altium Video
Press F1 After Starting an Interactive Route to bring up Help
Matched Length Routing - Altium Video
Press F1 After Starting an Interactive Route to bring up Help
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Silkscreen to Soldermask Clearance Rules
AD13 Introduced Silkscreen to Soldermask Clearance Rules.
This library part has soldermask defined pads.
3D View
The clearance violations are due to the soldermask defined pads (where soldermask swell is less than the pad size) .
Out of the box rule shown below.
Click on image to view.
Work Around:
Check Clearance to Solder Mask Openings
And use:
(IsText OR IsTrack OR IsArc OR IsFill)
OnTopSolderMask Or OnBottomSolderMask
As shown above I used a 3 mil Clearance rule. If the soldermask swell is 4 mil then this would be the same as a silkscreen to pad clearance rule of 7 mils.
That's It !
This library part has soldermask defined pads.
The clearance violations are due to the soldermask defined pads (where soldermask swell is less than the pad size) .
Out of the box rule shown below.
Click on image to view.
Work Around:
Check Clearance to Solder Mask Openings
And use:
(IsText OR IsTrack OR IsArc OR IsFill)
OnTopSolderMask Or OnBottomSolderMask
As shown above I used a 3 mil Clearance rule. If the soldermask swell is 4 mil then this would be the same as a silkscreen to pad clearance rule of 7 mils.
That's It !
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Matched Length Serpentines
Match Length Serpentines . . .
Above is a screen shot of matched length nets for a DDR2 design created using Altium.
The traces shown were hand crafted using arcs with the radius set to match the desired track spacing.
The lines and arcs were stretched and rotated to create matched length tracks.
Above is a screen shot of matched length nets for a DDR2 design created using Altium.
The traces shown were hand crafted using arcs with the radius set to match the desired track spacing.
The lines and arcs were stretched and rotated to create matched length tracks.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Third Party Tools for Altium
Third party tools, I have not Not evaluated these tools.
Desktop EDA: Products: Protel/SolidWorks:
BluePrint for Altium
Desktop EDA: Products: Protel/SolidWorks:
BluePrint for Altium
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Altium Library Not Found
Note a Library that is not found along the specified path cannot be activated.
Library Path Relative To: Z:
Type "Not Found" occurs when a library is not found on the path "Library Path Relative To"
More than likely the library has been moved, deleted or renamed.
Library Path Relative To: Z:
Type "Not Found" occurs when a library is not found on the path "Library Path Relative To"
More than likely the library has been moved, deleted or renamed.
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