CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
20 August 2013
Product News
Zuken Releases CR-5000 Enterprise PCB Design Software
Zuken, a leader in electronic systems design, announces the latest release of its CR-5000 enterprise PCB design software.
CR-5000 Version 15 features enhanced collaboration with EMS and simplified implementation of high-speed interfaces. Other new functionality includes routing with impedance control for improved signal integrity management, and day-to-day productivity enhancements.
Steve Chidester, Head of International Marketing, comments, “We continue to provide significant support and development for our CR-5000 product line, the world’s most-used PCB design solution. Our customers are continually seeking more ways to improve their productivity and overall design quality. This new release is the direct result of customer feedback and requests.”
Control Impedance for Improved Signal Integrity Management
As high-speed interfaces are becoming ubiquitous, simplifying their implementation is vital. CR-5000 Lightning includes new functionality for routing with impedance control that enables engineers to route to JEDEC standards and meet DDR3 performance specifications. This reduces design iterations and helps designers optimize circuits for the highest clock speeds. Routing with impedance control makes it easier for engineers to reduce impedance discontinuities in high-speed manual routing, such as lead-in routing specified in JEDEC standard JESD21-C for DDR3 memory.
Signal integrity management is also boosted through new automatic setup and hold measurements that make eye diagram studies much easier and saves time through the ability to automate data gathering. Engineers can now more easily evaluate key signal timing parameters on the interface before the design reaches prototype stage.
Data Exchange for Manufacturability
As board design becomes more complex, so does the manufacturing hand-off process. CR-5000 Board Designer supports the latest version of ODB++ for exchanging fabrication and assembly data with the manufacturing community. Together with IPC-2581, Zuken offers a choice of output formats, allowing for efficient data processing that boosts productivity.
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