Design tutorial and comparative analysis of printed circuit board production softwares for microcontroller & FPGA-based systems
| Author(s) | Hoover, Ryan | |
| Date Accessioned | 2010-08-05T21:40:02Z | |
| Date Available | 2010-08-05T21:40:02Z | |
| Publication Date | 2009 | |
| Abstract | Printed Circuit Board design and implementation is a research topic most any company or group manufacturing electronic devices must address. There are issues in every aspect of design, ranging from schematics to pad stacks to routing. An error in any one of these steps propagates through the remaining steps. There are many approaches and software packages for moving a design from schematics to a physical PCB. However, software packages can range from being free to costing thousands. This thesis describes the design process from start to nish of a multi-purpose FPGA-based printed circuit board in two competing software packages. It will detail issues encountered along the way, and how these issues were resolved. Commercially available products will be used throughout the process, including the Xilinx Spartan 3E FPGA. The di ering design processes in the software packages Cadence Allegro Design Entry HDL and Advanced Circuits PCB Artist will be detailed and explored in order to determine which characteristics of each package suites various types of hardware design. The goal of this project is to create a "reference manual" for students to use as a guide in choosing a software package and working through the PCB design process at the University of Delaware's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. These two software packages are available to all students in the department to learn and design printed circuit boards. | en |
| Advisor | Kiamilev, Fouad | |
| Degree | M.S. | |
| Department | University of Delaware, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/5481 | |
| Publisher | University of Delaware | en |
| Keywords | Circuit board | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Printed circuits | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Microcontrollers | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Field programmable gate arrays | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Computer software -- Evaluation | |
| Title | Design tutorial and comparative analysis of printed circuit board production softwares for microcontroller & FPGA-based systems | en |
| Type | Thesis | en |