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VISULA 7.0 enterprise-wide PCB design suite now features an embedded Place and Route Editor, P.R.Editor XR, and the Hot-Stage virtual prototyping tool. The Place and
Route Editor delivers improved routing functionality for faster completion of dense and complex PCBs, while the Hot-Stage tool facilitates a constraints-driven design process where potential signal integrity, EMC and manufacturing problems can be identified and corrected early in the design flow.
Ease of use improvements include damage repair, additional INI file settings for the layout editor and the addition of switchable toolbars with on-screen tool help, as well as improved Windows font support. The library tools support Windows XP as a database server. Design Technology Editor now features pad copy enhancement and automatic removal of legacy analysis data.
Introduces Activ-45, an automated 45-degree routing function, to the suite. The embedded router eliminates the need for a separate tool. P.R.Editor XR 1.4 allows batch checks to be made in embedded mode, can check against actual copper text vectors and can locate errors by code.
The Hot-Stage constraints-driven virtual prototyping tool facilitates ‘what if' analysis of design changes at the schematic stage. It ensures that design constraints can be maintained throughout the workflow.
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Indium 3.1 water-soluble lead-free solder paste is said to offer excellent wetting and printing for fine-pitch applications, and a long stencil life that virtually eliminates solder paste waste. Resultant sodler joints are shiny and smooth. Also claims a wide reflow window, slump resistance, low voiding and low foaming.
ISCAN (Intelligent Scaleable Control Area Network) architecture is based on Field Bus technology, which transmits packets of information digitally and is the basis for today's modern telecommunications systems. When this principle is applied to printing systems, ISCAN enables machine control, translating to economic efficiency.
According to Mick Bartholomew, manager of DEK's electrical design team, "Communication with the machine is now more advanced... Instead of just turning a motor on or off, ISCAN lets us send a message to tell the motor how far to travel, at what speed, acceleration and deceleration. In turn, the motor can reply, telling us that it has reached position, how accurately the velocity profile was followed, the amount of current that was used and much, much more. We can now read power supply levels and check circuit status without even opening up the machine. And, all this information is additionally accessible remotely via the Internet using DEK's Interactiv system."
The intelligent communication allows for trend analysis, which can monitor overall machine health and predict routine maintenance
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