Course Description

Duration 3 day(s)

Language English    Venue Vélizy-Paris, France

Country 

Description
The main goal of this course is to teach you how to use Design Entry HDL to create board-level schematic designs. A second goal is to demonstrate the integration between Design Entry HDL and other tools in the design flow, including the Allegro® PCB Editor. You will follow the actual design flow by creating a schematic and taking it all the way through board layout.

Note that although board layout is introduced as part of the front-to-back flow, this is not a board layout class. Note also that no schematic or footprint library development is included in this course.


In this course you will learn to:

- Set up a new project.
- Create a flat, multi-sheet design.
- Check the design.
- Use part tables.
- Package a design.
- Create and customize a Bill of Materials.
- Build a hierarchical design.
- Use schematic properties to control part placement.
- Use the Constraint Manager to define high-speed routing requirements in Design Entry HDL.
- Transfer the design to PCB Editor.
- Place parts manually.
- Autoroute using PCB Router.
- Compare the schematic and layout.
- Synchronize design differences.
- Incorporate engineering changes.
- Link projects togetehr in a team design scenario.
- Reuse a hierarchical block and associated layout in another design

Course Contents and Time Table
Course Agenda

Day 1

- Getting Started
- Project Setup
- Design Entry and Packaging

Day 2

- Hierarchical and Team Design
- Design Rules

Day 3

- Rules-Driven Layout
- Engineering Changes



Special Notes

This class does not teach you how to build Design Entry HDL library parts. This class does not contain an in-depth study of the board layout process using PCB Editor, nor does it cover analog or digital logic simulation. This course does not include the use of high-speed physical analysis tools such as the Allegro PCB SI product. Please see the list of related courses for more information about these subject areas.

Audience
- Design engineers
- PCB designers
- PCB layout designers
- Electrical engineers
- Managers
- Logic designers using the Design Entry HDL product as the front-end tool for board design
- Design Entry HDL users interested in learning about the Design Entry HDL architecture
- Physical layout designers wanting to know more about mainstream board design processes using the Design Entry HDL product


Prerequisites
- There are no prerequisites for this course.
- Some familiarity with Windows or UNIX is helpful