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Pulsonix Overview

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Pulsonix has been designed with users in mind at all times. This means that wherever a process or option can be automated intelligently it has been.

The architecture of Pulsonix means that it is open and flexible, with endless possibilities of being able to mix and match different facets of designs and design items to produce layouts based on as much existing design data as possible.

Key Product Components

  • Schematic Design - create schematic drawings; from simple single page circuits to complex, true instanced multi-sheet hierarchical designs.

  • Spice based simulation is supported through the optional integrated PulsonixSim Spice simulator, and an interface to external Spice based simulators.

  • PCB Layout - powerful board layout tools embracing the latest technologies and manufacturing available.

  • Micro-via technology is included as a standard feature with the Pulsonix PCB environment.

  • When autorouting is required, Pulsonix has a number of options; the ‘base’ autorouter’ is supplied with almost all the PCB product variants, and external autorouters are also supported via cost-option interfaces.

  • Powerful Autoplacement integrated into the PCB layout editor provides ease of use.

  • Interactive High Speed option - a set of constraint driven, rules based.

  • Import Designs in Gerber format - import and intelligently rebuild designs using existing Gerber, Excellon data, Bill of Materials and Pick and Place data.

  • Reverse Engineer Feature - rebuild Schematic designs using PCB data, if you only have the PCB design, rebuild from Gerber files even and Reverse Engineer them back to an intelligent Schematic design with fully matching integrity with the PCB.

  • Interfaces and import of externally created component library data from many third parties. The Pulsonix PLX format allows full import capability.

  • Creation of manufacturing data - many in-built CAM and plotting outputs and a powerful Report Maker option to generate your own data file formats. Built in Reports are also provided for common design processes.

  • Advanced Technology Option - a set of licensed features to supporting:

    Embedded Components - creation of special buried components, both on inter layers and in line as thinned dies placed within cavities on internal layers as part of the board substrate.
    Flexi-rigid board technology - a combination of rigid and flexible boards with bending and area technology.
    Chip On board technology - creation of components containing die and bond pads along with connecting wires. Rules and constraint driven functionality to support COB packaging.

Import Filters and Interfaces

  • Import designs and libraries from other Schematic/CAE systems - Altium, Accel, P-CAD, Protel, Cadstar, Visula, CR5000, PADS, OrCAD, Allegro, Eagle, Integra, UltiBoard, Easy-PC, DesignSpark, PCB Artist and more.
  • Import netlists from other Schematic/CAE systems - Viewdraw, OrCAD, MultiSIM, PADS, Cadstar, EDIF 2.0.0.
  • Links to external autorouters - powerful wizard based interface to Cadence Specctra and interfaces for the Zuken Route Editor and Electra autorouters.

Interactive High Speed | Advanced Technologies | Spice based simulation | External Autorouters | Autoplacement

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