Course Description The Allegro® PCB Editor Intermediate Techniques course gives you a deeper understanding of the software, and includes features and tips. You apply constraints, autoroute high-speed designs, and work with differential pairs. In this course, you also explore high-speed design rules, create areas in your design that require different routing rules, and generate testpoints. In the task-oriented labs, you use a combination of interactive and automatic tools. This is the second in a two-course series. You need to complete the Allegro PCB Editor Basic Techniques course before taking this one or have the equivalent work experience. This course requires the SPB17.2-2016QIR6 software or later.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Work with split planes
Use the constraint manager efficiently
Autoroute high-speed designs
Create rules and route differential pairs
Perform interactive bus routing
Perform advanced interactive and automatic routing of critical nets
Generate testpoints
Place parts based upon design-for-assembly rules
Write extract programs
Use existing SKILL® programs in the PCB Editor
Create designs with split and complex power planes
Use the automatic glossing routines
Software Used in This Course Allegro PCB Designer license
Software Release(s) SPB 17.2-2016QIR6
Modules in this Course
Reusing Design Constraints
Copper Planes
Unused Pad Suppression
Testpoint Generation
Interactive Etch Editing
High-Speed Constraint Management
More Constraints
Differential Pairs
Design for Assembly
Tips and Tricks
SKILL Commands in the PCB Editor
Extraction of PCB Editor Views
Glossing
Debugging Problems
Audience
CAD Engineers
Designers
Electrical Engineers
Layout Designers
PCB Designers
PCB Layout Designers
Prerequisites You must have experience with or knowledge of the following:
