But when designing new multi-board systems, the connector pin-to-signal assignment is up to the system designer, and many projects have been derailed because of swapped pins or incorrect connector pin numbering on one of the boards. When working with standards, this is not as much of a problem because signal assignments are predetermined. In a multi-board design context, one of the most insidious issues is not just connector alignment, but the correct assignment of signals on the connector pins. To support high-speed PCB routing, the tool enables users to efficiently design high- density and high-speed boards using modern SerDes like PCIe 4.0/5.0, USB3.2, 100G Ethernet and parallel buses like DDR3/4/5.įIGURE 1 – To support high-speed PCB routing, Altium Design 20 enables users to efficiently design high-density and high-speed boards using modern SerDes like PCIe 4.0/5.0, USB3.2, 100G Ethernet and parallel buses like DDR3/4/5. The new version’s features include a faster schematic editor, high-speed design improvements and enhanced interactive router capabilities enabling faster board design.Īmong Altium Designer 20 (AD20)’s enhanced interactive routing features are new “push & shove’’ capabilities that enable routing of complex HDI boards and speed-up design times by over 20%, even for simple PCBs ( Figure 1). This means not just PCBs as a physical object within a system, but also the system processes revolving around PCBs, including collaborative team design support and greater integration with PCB analysis and verification solutions.Įxemplifying those trends, in December Altium rolled out version 20 of its flagship PCB design software Altium Designer. New features continue to roll out that treat PCB design in more of a systems context. If there’s a theme over the past 12 months for PCB tool enhancements, it’s about systems. New versions of PCB tools are addressing high-speed design, multi-board designs, 3D designs, component management, IC-PCB co-design more.
As PCBs get ever more complicated, efforts continue to address more facets of the PCB design process while improving basic functions such as automated chip placement and intelligent routing. There’s a lot on the plates of today’s PCB design tool providers.
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