PADS Layout: The Right Tool for the Right Job!

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Overview

Find out why PADS Layout is the right tool for YOUR job!

In this complimentary webcast, we'll show you how effortless it can be to design complex printed circuit boards when you use the right tools for the job.

With PADS Layout, productivity gains are a given, with tools for automating complex routines and eliminating error-prone, manual checking. In addition, PADS Layout offers easy setup and sophisticated capabilities for demanding designs -- capabilities such as differential pairs with length constraints, interactive and automatic high-speed routing, via stitching, and physical design reuse.

So, if you've got a tough design challenge, check out PADS Layout -- the right tool for YOUR job.

What You Will Learn

  • How to set up advanced rules using ARS
  • How to use the PDR option (Physical Design Reuse)
  • How to set up and use DFT (Design for Test)
  • How to use RF automation and via stitching
  • How to use the Advanced Packaging/COB Toolkit
  • What the 3D Viewer is all about
  • How to use PADS for interactive and batch routing of high-speed nets
  • How PADS Layout integrates with signal integrity, thermal, and manufacturing tools in the PADS Flow

About the Presenters

Presenter Image Yan Killy

Yan Killy has 28 years of diversified experience in the PCB design, Advanced Packaging, and overall Electronic Equipment Mechanical design. He possess extensive knowledge of mechanical fastening for electronic assemblies and comprehensive understanding of U.L., C.S.A., TUV/VDE, NEMCO, and DEMCO safety requirements.

Presenter Image Jeff Kuester

Jeff Kuester has more than 30 years experience in EDA. Eleven of those years he has been an Applications Engineer for Calay, CSI, and Mentor Graphics. As a PCB designer has worked for companies like SAIC, Denso, Siemens, and Conexant. Expertise is high level knowledge of all aspects of PCB’s and fabrication. He is based in the San Diego Mentor Graphics office.

Who Should Attend

  • Electrical Engineers responsible for the entire PCB design process
  • PCB Designers who deal with complex designs
  • Engineers specializing in Signal Integrity, Thermal Analysis, and Manufacturing

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Technical Requirements

What do I need to watch and hear this web seminar?

Mentor Graphics’ web seminars are delivered using Adobe Connect. To watch the seminar all you need to have installed is the Adobe Flash Player, version 8 or later on Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris. The Flash Player is already installed on over 98% of internet connected computers worldwide so you will not have to install any software prior to attending the meeting. You will be able to login to the seminar room 15 minutes prior to the start time on the day of the presentation. You can hear the audio using your computer’s speakers via VoIP (Voice over IP) and background music will play prior to the beginning of the presentation.

Detailed system requirements

Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Business, or Enterprise (32-bit edition)

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or later
  • Mozilla Firefox 2
  • Adobe Flash® Player 8 or later

Microsoft Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 2

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.x, 2.x
  • Mozilla 1.x or later
  • Netscape 7.x
  • Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.x, 2.x
  • Mozilla 1.x
  • Netscape 8
  • Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Windows hardware requirements

  • Intel® Pentium® II 450MHz or faster processor or equivalent (1GHz recommended when screen sharing)
  • 128MB of RAM

Mac OS X v10.4, 10.5 (Intel)

  • Firefox 1.5.0.3, 2.x
  • Safari 2.x
  • Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Mac OS X v10.4 (PowerPC®)

  • Safari 1.x, 2.x
  • Firefox 1.x
  • Mozilla 1.x
  • Netscape 7.x or later
  • Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Mac OS hardware requirements

  • PowerPC G3 500MHz or faster or Intel Core™ Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor
  • 128MB of RAM

Linux:

  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (REHL) 3 update 8; RHEL 4 update 4 (AS/ES/WS); Novell SUSE® 9.x or 10.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7, 2.x
  • Mozilla 1.7.x
  • SeaMonkey 1.0.5
  • Processor: Modern processor 800MHz or faster (1GHz recommended)
  • Memory: 512MB of RAM; 128MB of graphics memory
  • Adobe Flash Player 9 or later

Solaris™

  • Mozilla 1.7
  • Adobe Flash Player 9 or later

Additional requirements

  • Minimum bandwidth 56Kbps