As we’ve covered in other posts on schematic symbols, one of the key goals of a librarian is to maintain consistency, both in...
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17.02.2015
DxDesigner Tutorial: Pin Name Abbreviations
13.02.2015
DxDesigner Tutorial: Schematic Symbol Pins
Much like your library of footprints or cells, proper naming conventions are critical for easy identification and utilization of...
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At various points in your design process it may be necessary to modify the pin naming or numbering of components in your design....
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29.01.2015
About Optimum's Library Management Service
Dimensioning data can be an invaluable tool to PCB designers and librarians. It helps ensure accuracy and consistency, with...
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General Process Overview Select a symbol Export pins to ms excel spreadsheet Make pin changes in the spreadsheet Import pins...
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While it won't always be necessary, there will come times when Cells must be deleted from your part library. Perhaps an error was...
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Mentor’s Display Control gives designers and librarians myriad options for influencing how a design is displayed on the screen....
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For increased consistency within a PCB library, it is often best to create new library parts from previously existing components...
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Throughout this series we’ve taken a look at almost every facet of library organization, with the end goal of streamlining the...
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Pads and padstacks are one of the most critical portions of the library, and one of the easiest areas to make mistakes. As is the...
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Symbols are the second major portion of any PCB library. Electrical symbols show the connection between parts, and are utilized...
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Organizing your parts into partitions based on part type is a major step in organizing your library, but properly labeling each...
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Component libraries can be difficult to manage, especially if multiple users are building the library without the aid of a...
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There will come a time when the pin numbering on one of your library components just isn’t right. Gates could be swapped during...
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Placing pins can be one of the most time consuming aspects of library part creation – especially on components with high pin...
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04.12.2014
What Should My PCB Footprints Include?
PCB layout design is not rocket science, but it does take time to do right. By taking the time to review your designs before you...
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