9 Replies Latest reply on Sep 24, 2014 2:14 AM by robert_davies

Edge connector symbol

kirbstone Sep 17, 2014 11:16 AM

I need to create an Edge connector symbol but the only example I can find is in the sample project. Is it possible to extract that symbol so I can modify it and use it in a current design? I also searched the latest released library from Mentor but no luck.

Thanks for your suggestions and help

Kirby

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Community_Admin Sep 17, 2014 11:22 AM (in response to kirbstone)

Kirby - thanks for your question. However, this area is for questions on the new community version. If you will tell me what product this is in reference to, I will move this post to the appropriate community. sounds like either Xpeditiion or PADS, but pls confirm. thanks.
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kirbstone Sep 17, 2014 1:12 PM (in response to Community_Admin)

Thanks,

I haven’t spent a lot of time learning the new communities structure so I thought I was in the Expedition community. If you could move my question there I would appreciate it.
Thanks
Kirby
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Community_Admin Sep 17, 2014 1:42 PM (in response to kirbstone)

Happy to do it. And just so you are aware, I will send an email out next week to all community members to bring some attention to the updated communities, and also to show a schedule of a few webinars that I will hold to walk thru the new features.
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kirbstone Sep 17, 2014 2:03 PM (in response to Community_Admin)

Thanks, The webinars would be great.
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robert_davies Sep 22, 2014 1:51 AM (in response to kirbstone)

Is this for the PCB tools or in the schematic tools? In the schematic there is no differentiation between connector type as far as the logical symbol is concerned.
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kirbstone Sep 22, 2014 11:32 AM (in response to robert_davies)

Hi Robert,
I need to create a SMARC Carrier Connector edge connector that I can pass to layout but I think it will need to be a hetro because there are 314 pins. So far I've created 4 symbols that represent each section of the card. My next questions are, do I add it to the PDB or should the engineer get the symbols from the CL View library and what attributes do I add (Exclude or Parts List Exclude) so it will not pass to the bom?
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robert_davies Sep 23, 2014 1:43 AM (in response to kirbstone)

If you are using the EE flow then you won't need hetero properties as the PDB mapping sorts out the mapping and combining of gates. If you wish to exclude it from the BOM then set Part List Exclude = True
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kirbstone Sep 23, 2014 8:40 AM (in response to robert_davies)

Is there a video on how to do the pin mapping? I haven't used the slotting option of the PDB in quite a while. I created 4 symbols and if I bring in all 4 symbols in the PDB do I create a new gate for each and slot them as one? Should I add the Part List Exclude = True in the symbol attribute or on the schematic so the engineer can decide if he wants it on the bom or not?
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robert_davies Sep 24, 2014 2:14 AM (in response to kirbstone)

Bring each symbol into the PDB as a new gate (no slots), this will form a Type 3 Hetero part, different symbols with different numbers of pins. You should experiment with use of Part List Exclude on the symbol definition to see if the behaviour is as you require, or whether to leave it until you place the symbol in the design, I have seen some anomalies using VX.1 which I am investigating.
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