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DownStream Products 2015.11DownStream Technologies, a progressive software company focused on helping high-tech engineering organizations automate the PCB Release Process, announced new versions of their industry-leading PCB post-processing solutions – CAM350/DFMStream and BluePrint-PCB. The releases include new features and performance improvements designed to help users post-process PCB designs and has strong emphasis on providing additional DFM capabilities to improve throughput. DownStream provides an economical and holistic solution to PCB post processing that enables engineers and designers to quickly create the key deliverables for PCB fabrication, assembly and testing. DownStream\’s tools combine comprehensive feature sets to handle complex designs with a very easy-to-use interface, allowing even the infrequent user the ability to generate PCB artwork, design validation, and bare board and assembly...

Actix.Analyzer.v5.5.323.467The industry leading desktop solution, Analyzer provides advanced drive test survey analytics. It supports network optimization, network acceptance and validation, and is used in 2G, 3G, LTE and VoLTE rollouts. Global leaderIn use at over 300 operators Analyzer is the most widely used tool in its class. Multi-vendor & multi-technologyAnalyzer supports all drive test equipment available. This unique position means engineers can analyze their data wherever it comes from. The data is normalized, so the same analysis works across different data sources. Automated troubleshootingAnalyzer is the most reliable and trusted tool on the market for helping operators troubleshoot problems. It automates identification, analysis and diagnosis of common issues and provides detailed ad hoc analysis capabilities of the uncommon ones. Flexibility...

Altium Designer 16.0.5 Build 271This new Altium Designer release continues to deliver new features as well as enhancements to the software\’s core technologies, while also addressing many issues raised by customers through the AltiumLive Community\’s BugCrunch system. Along with delivering a range of new and exciting features that develop and mature the existing technologies – it also incorporates a large number of fixes and enhancements across the software as a whole, helping designers continue to create cutting-edge electronics technology.STRENGTHENED SUPPORT FOR HIGH-SPEED DESIGN Designs with high speed signals are becoming more and more common, driven by both improvements in device technology and the ongoing demand for better product performance. Acknowledging the growing need for strong support for high speed design,...

Etap PowerStation v14.0ETAP is a fully integrated AC and DC electrical power system analysis tool. Engineers use ETAP in thousands of companies and electric utilities worldwide in the design, analysis, maintenance, and operation of electrical power systems. DC network utilizes the same database as AC modules. DC Load Flow and DC Short Circuit provide analysis capabilities for engineers to design and maintain DC power systems. Battery Discharge and Sizing Analysis is used to select the most appropriate battery banks, verify the maximum capability of existing batteries, and easily simulate a wide range of backup, control, and other DC scenarios. The AC network includes the following ETAP modules: Arc Flash AnalysisLoad Flow AnalysisShort Circuit Analysis – ANSIShort Circuit Analysis – IECMotor...

SIMetrix SIMPLIS 8.0Analog circuit simulationSIMetrix Classic is our general analog and mixed-signal simulator. It includes an enhanced SPICE simulator, schematic editor and waveform viewer in a unified environment. It is easy to use, offers good accuracy and performance, and rapid convergence for a broad range of analog and mixed-signal design applications.Key featuresAnalog simulationGate-level digital simulationS-Parameter AC lookup tableExtended sweep modesFast Monte Carlo analysisMulti-step analysisSafe operating area (SOA) analysisNon-linear magnetic with support for air gapsIntegrated hierarchical schematic editorSchematic cross-probingWaveform viewerParts browser for external SPICE model librariesScripting language with over 240 commands and 470 functionsKLU matrix solver allows simulation of difficult circuitsAvailable in 32 and 64 bit versionsSIMetrix/SIMPLISSIMetrix/SIMPLIS provides the SIMPLIS simulator as well as all features of SIMetrix Classic. It has...

Wise.Software.Solutions.VisualCAM.v16.7.82VisualCAM is a powerful Manufacturing Engineering CAM software package that addresses the wide-ranging needs of EDA professionals. For the PCB layout engineer VisualCAM offers a complete set of Design Verification features. If you are a Bare-Board PCB engineer there is a full range of Manufacturing Verification and Tooling features available. Finally VisualCAM rounds out its capabilities by offering Loaded-Board PCB engineers an array of Assembly Processing capabilities not typically found within competitive products.Product:Wise.Software.Solutions.VisualCAM.v16.7.82 Lanaguage: Platform:Win7/WIN8 Size:1CD

Altium Designer 15.1.15 Build 50867Build: 50867 Date:14 September 20157073All properties in the State Properties dialog (when configuring a lifecycle definition) are nowvisible (BC:5630).7460Fixed issue with compiler warning being incorrectly displayed for broken links betweenSchematic components and Variants definition in a multi-channel design7496Polygon pours no longer cause clearance violations after Altium Designer is updated tonewest version.7497The \”Convert Special Strings\” option no longer gets disabled after starting an Output Job filewhich is using the PCB document as its Data source.7499 Special strings whose parameter names include \’-\’ are now correctly converted.7501 Access violation in module \”TKShHealing.dll\” no longer occurs during STEP export.7502The Text Position property for dimension text is now correctly set to Manual when that text ismanually repositioned (BC:5724).7522Resolved an issue...

Pulsonix 8.5Panel Editor Panel DesignsThe new Panel Editor feature allows customers to take control over pre-fabrication processes. It enables multi-PCB designs to be panelised ready for plotting and on into the manufacturing stage. The Panel Editor is more than just a plotting station; it allows panelisation of designs, addition of test coupons, fiducial markers, documentation and fabrication details. New facilities within it allow tab-routing paths to be defined. With control over the addition of tab direction, tab thickness, tab spacing and mouse bites, it enables accurate manufacture-ready breakout tabs to be created. V-Score paths can be added using the shape tools and then processed for manufacture, all within the Panel Editor environment. Design Reuse Apply Layout PatternMultiple group selection for...

Synopsys Synplify K-2015.09Logic Synthesis for FPGA Design Synplify Pro® FPGA synthesis software is the industry standard for producing high-performance and cost-effective FPGA designs. Synplify software supports the latest VHDL and Verilog language constructs including SystemVerilog and VHDL-2008. The software also supports FPGA architectures from a variety of FPGA vendors, including Altera, Achronix, Lattice, Microsemi and Xilinx, all from a single RTL and constraint source. Synplify Pro software uses a single, easy-to-use interface and has the ability to perform incremental synthesis and intuitive HDL code analysis.Synplify Pro logic synthesis includes:Incremental, block-based and bottom-up flows for consistent results from one run to the nextAutomatic compile points incremental flow for up to 4x faster runtime while maintaining QoRAccelerated runtimes with support for up...

Mentor.Graphics.QuestaSim.v10.4cQuesta’s core simulation and debug engine The Questa® Advanced Simulator combines high performance and capacity simulation with unified advanced debug capabilities for the most complete native support of Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, SystemC, PSL and UPF. The Questa Advanced Simulator is the core simulation and debug engine of the Questa Verification Platform; the comprehensive advanced verification platform capable of reducing the risk of validating complex FPGA and SoC designs. Advanced Debug with QuestaON-DEMAND WEB SEMINARQuesta spans the levels of abstraction required for complex SoC and FPGA design and verification from TLM (Transaction Level Modeling) through RTL, gates, and transistors and has superior support of multiple verification methodologies including Assertion Based Verification (ABV), the Open Verification Methodology (OVM) and the Universal Verification...