DownStream Technologies

CAM350™

Powerful CAM Solution Easing the Transition of Engineering Data into Physical PCBs

Product Description
CAM350 allows you to streamline the product development process, by preparing and optimizing your design for fabrication. Working in collaboration with fabrication will ensure your designs are of the highest quality. CAM350 is easy to learn, as well as use, and its ROI is immediate. CAM350 is the solution you need to get your designs successfully through fabrication with ease, the first time.

Many electronic design organizations now recognize that problems arising during PCB fabrication could have been swiftly avoided during design. These problems impact product schedules, cause costly design re-spins, and require modifications to be made to the design after release from engineering, compromising design integrity and intent.

CAM350's Design for Fabrication (DFF) Analysis pulls fabrication rules into the PCB design domain and presents them in a way that is understood by the PCB designer. DFF Analysis verifies the PCB database, while still in engineering, seeking issues that may cause problems when entering into the fabrication process.

CAM350 Highlights:

Directly import your design data for true representation
Represents engineering intent without compromising intellectual property
Fast, accurate analysis and processing
Seek out, analyze, identify, and fix manufacturing flaws that will cause delay
Inspect for etching, soldermask, thermal, and spacing violations
Sophisticated tools for panelization and NC automation
Bare board test options available for test pattern and fixture design
Bi-directional data exchange of PCB databases and Gerber
Plus, optimize legacy design files by converting them into current CAD database

CAM350 aids in the correction of fabrication related problems, resulting in a significant increase in efficiency, less risk of design re-spin, and, most importantly, successful electronic products, built faster and at less cost.

Benefits to End User of Product and Interface with Mentor Graphics

undefined CAM350 has a bidirectional interface with PowerPCB, and supports BoardStation import. By implementing CAM350 into your design development cycle, you will experience:

State-of-the-art bare board testing
Improved quality control
Fewer shorts and design re-spins
Windows ease-of-use with UNIX power

Early analysis prevents fabrication errors from occurring, ensuring timely delivery of product-to-market and minimizing the need for design changes at the fabricator.

Description of Integration
CAM350 will automatically import your design file directly from PowerPCB or BoardStation, or you can import your Gerbers. It will then use Netlist Compare to verify that the electrical characteristics of the Gerber layers match the design intent. Errors can occur in translation, operator error, accidental inclusion of non electrical items in the Gerber output, and problems with manual separation of voltages on a plane layer (2d lines on CAM plane in PowerPCB for instance).

CAM350 has Design Rule Checks (DRC) to verify the Gerber layers match not only the design rules in your CAD system, but the capabilities of your fabricator as well. CAM350's Design for Fabrication (DFF) tools insure the board not only matches manufacturing capabilities, but looks for design flaws that may affect yields. This type of flaws can be the worst as they cause missed deliveries, and delay product introduction to the market. DFF can also detect failures that may escape traditional electrical verification, and not fail till the product is in the field.

Platforms Supported

Windows 98, NT 4.0, ME, 2000, and XP

Company Background
DownStream is a software company focused on serving the high tech electronics industry. We deliver solutions that allow engineering and manufacturing teams to work together to transition Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designs into successful, physical products. Our core product, CAM350, provides a solution for both sides of the engineering and manufacturing chasm. We are in a unique position to help our customers bring products to market faster. CAM350's reputation remains unrivaled.

Distribution and Contact

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DownStream Technologies, LLC
Bolton Corners Professional Building
563 Main Street
Bolton, MA 01740
Main Phone: (978) 779-6712
Main Fax: (978) 779-6718
Support Hotline: (408) 971-2241
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