Mentor Graphics announced the delivery of three new PADS family products priced to address the advancing needs of the independent engineer. Typical users will include those that are part of a small to mid-sized company, or members of an isolated team within a large enterprise (e.g. building prototypes, validating reference designs and performing manufacturability studies), who often perform the complete design, analysis and manufacturing data delivery of printed circuit board (PCB) electronic products.
PADS Standard provides schematic and PCB layout with a starter parts library, part creation wizard and archive management. PADS Standard Plus adds to these features with advanced constraint management, high-speed net constraints and routing, central library creation and management, HyperLynx-powered signal/thermal/analog simulation and variants design.
The flagship PADS Professional further includes Xpedition-powered technologies such as sketch routing, simultaneous 2D/3D layout, hierarchical placement planning, component and net explorers, manufacturing prep and design review/compare.
PADS technology provides correct-by-construction methodology enabled by a common constraint management system used across the flow to support advanced high-speed topologies and design for manufacture. Designers can virtually prototype their system powered by the HyperLynx product with signal/power integrity analysis, analog or thermal simulation and advanced full-board rule checks.
The software’s high-performance, high-capacity layout environment leverages industry-leading technology powered by the Xpedition product for placement/planning, 2D/3D layout, dynamic power distribution design, and constraint-driven routing including the Sketch Router tool to tackle the most complex layouts.
Engineers can use over 360 000 parts via PartQuest, a fully integrated website covering a database of symbols and footprints. Other features include validation of the design for fabrication and test, and preparation for manufacturing hand-off and documentation, as well as management and archiving of different design revs, and simplification of reviews across the organisation.
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