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DesignAdvance Systems, Inc., has announced the release of CircuitProbe, which enables bi-directional communication, through IPC, between layout and a PDF of the schematic.

The company claims that the tool gives designers and engineers the ability to select design elements in either Cadence Allegro Viewer environment in or a PDF of the schematic, and have the corresponding design elements selected in the other application.

"As a current DesignAdvance customer, we see the combined solution ... adding value throughout our entire PCB design cycle," stated Greg Bodi, of NVIDIA Corporation.

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Apache Design Solutions has introduced Sentinel-PI chip-package-system design and analysis software, allowing SoC-Aware modeling and analysis of power delivery network for IC package and PCB designers.

The company claims that Sentinel-PI provides 3-D full-wave power network extraction and power integrity analysis for package and PCB designs, and allows designers to perform resistance check and static IR-drop analysis (DC), frequency-domain simulation, including impedance analysis of multi-port power delivery network of the chip, package and board (AC), and time-domain dynamic voltage drop analysis (transient).

“Semiconductor and system companies are looking to chip-package-system co-design to help mitigate risk, optimize cost, and improve productivity. Sentinel-PI is the company’s first product that addresses the system-wide power and noise challenges from IC, to package, to PCB.”

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Polar Instruments and Xact PCB have improved the integration of Speedstack controlled-impedance PCB stackup system and Gemini-X registration, prediction and control system. The company claims that the integration of products decreases registration and distortion errors during stack-up design manufacturing processes.

The new link reportedly allows fabricators to view powerful visualizations of the stack-up, incorporating prediction of the layer scale factors, reducing engineering time and increasing the integrity and manufacturing yield of high-density PCBs.

Polar's Martyn Gaudion said, "Many of our customers are already using both tools side-by-side during PCB design. Integration allows them to access the capabilities of both systems in a single, more streamlined process."

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Newark has developed an interactive online tool at that allows engineers to source the right connector by comparing images or by selecting a specific application or type.

The tool was developed in response to customer requests to find a specific connector when exact specifications were not available, and gives customers access to the company’s stock of over 163,000 connectors and 96 brands.

"It can be frustrating to find the right connector if you don't have a manufacturer's part number," comments Barry Litwin, of Newark. "Design engineers can now narrow their search by application or type, while maintenance customers can visually compare the connector… with an image [of the part]."

www.newark.com/selectors