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  • Product Overview

    Protel is the industry's first and only

    complete board-level design solution

    that incorporates all the capabilities

    needed to take any design from

    concept to completion in a single

    application. Protel 2004 expands

    the traditional boundaries of

    board-level design by allowing

    engineers to design FPGA

    functionality and integrate the

    target FPGA with the PCB design.

    Protel 2004 features powerful design

    capture capabilities that integrate

    schematic entry for both FPGA and

    board-level design, support for VHDL-

    based design, mixed-signal circuit

    simulation, and pre- and post-layout

    signal integrity analysis. It combines

    this with rules-driven board layout

    and editing that incorporates next-

    generation SitusTM Topological

    AutoroutingTM and complete CAM

    output capabilities.

    Based on Altium's new LiveDesign-

    enabled DXP platform, Protel 2004

    works with you through every step

    of the design process, supporting

    your design methods, your work-

    flows and your work environment.

    Interactive FPGA development

    Protel 2004 fully supports designs

    targeted at programmable devices

    such as FPGAs. Protel includes

    extensive libraries of FPGA-based

    components that can be used to

    facilitate schematic-based FPGA

    design. What's more, Protel includes

    a set of FPGA-based virtual

    instruments that, when combined

    with Altium's NanoBoard LiveDesign-

    enabled FPGA-based development

    board, allow implementation and

    real-time interactivity with the FPGA

    design during development. Altium

    calls this method of designing

    FPGAs LiveDesign, and it allows

    engineers to rapidly develop FPGA

    applications without the need for

    HDL-level simulation.

    NanoBoard

    The NanoBoard (nano-level bread-

    board) is the industry's first

    LiveDesign-enabled development

    board and features swappable

    FPGA daughter boards to allow

    retargeting of your design to

    different FPGA devices. Multiple

    NanoBoards can be chained together

    to support designs with multiple

    FPGA devices spread across several

    printed circuit boards. You can also

    connect your own application board

    to the system via the NanoBoard

    to extend the LiveDesign process to

    the production PCB.

    Board-level support

    for FPGA devices

    Protel 2004 includes extensive

    features to help you integrate large

    FPGA devices onto your PCB. Pin

    configuration information can be

    passed directly from the FPGA

    project to the board-level schematics,

    with automatic generation of the

    correctly configured FPGA schematic

    symbol. Within the board layout,

    FPGA pin swapping features allow

    you to interactively, or automatically,

    reconfigure the pin assignments of

    the FPGA for optimal routing. These

    pin changes can then automatically

    flow back to the FPGA project. This

    automatic synchronization between

    PCB and FPGA projects eliminates

    time-consuming and error-prone

    manual pin updates.

  • For comprehensive product information about Protel 2004 or to order your free,fully-functional 30-day software evaluation, visit www.altium.com/protel

    Multi-channel design support

    Protel 2004's schematic editor

    provides full support for designs that

    contain repeated blocks of circuitry.

    Unlike other systems that simply

    copy and paste sheets to create

    multiple channels, Protel maintains

    channel hierarchy throughout the

    design process. This allows you to

    change all channels with a single

    edit. You can even change the

    number of channels instantiated

    at any time in the design process.

    In addition, Protel supports multi-

    channel design right through to

    board layout and routing, allowing

    you to copy component layout

    and routing information between

    channel instantiations.

    CAM verification and editing

    Protel 2004 comes with Altium's

    new generation circuit board CAM

    system, CAMtastic 2004. CAMtastic

    2004 is a complete CAM verification

    and editing system developed

    to bridge the gap between PCB

    design and manufacturing. It allows

    both board designers and fabrication

    engineers to verify critical

    manufacturing information quickly

    and easily. With CAMtastic 2004,

    you'll save time and minimize costly

    design errors by ensuring your

    designs are fault-free and completely

    ready for efficient fabrication

    and assembly.

    CAMtastic 2004 provides support for

    panelization, including the creation

    of advanced ODB++ steps that allow

    you to create panels containing

    multiple different PCBs, and the

    recreation of PCB design data from

    the manufacturing files.

    From capture with integrated mixed-

    signal simulation and signal integrity

    analysis, through to the generation

    of your PCB manufacturing and

    FPGA design fabrication files, Protel

    includes all the capabilities you need

    in a single, integrated application.

    Other feature highlights

    in Protel 2004:

    Hierarchical, multi-channelschematic editing environment

    VHDL coding, functional simulation and RTL-level synthesis for multiple FPGA target architectures

    SPICE 3f5 / XSpice simulation

    Comprehensive design error checking

    Pre- and post-layout signal integrity analysis

    Rules-driven PCB layout and editing

    Real-time rules enforcement during interactive routing

    Automatic FPGA pin optimization

    Bi-directional PCB to FPGA project synchronization

    Bi-directional schematic to PCB synchronization

    Extensive file import and exportsupport, including DWG, DXF and OrCAD Layout MAX

    Integrated libraries with over 68,000 components, including 18,000 simulation-ready parts, and extensive FPGA-based components and virtual instruments

    System requirements

    Microsoft Windows XP(Professional or Home) or Windows 2000 Professional

    3 GHz Pentium 4 processor or equivalent

    1 GByte RAM

    2 GByte hard disk space (Install + User Files)

    Dual monitors (recommended) with 1280x1024 screen resolution

    32-bit color, 64 MB graphics card

    Protel 2004 is the only system that lets you develop for both board and FPGA, and fully supports the integration of the FPGA onto the PCB.

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    Your ideal companion to Protel 2004 . . .

    Altium's NanoBoard NB1

    Experience the full power of LiveDesign by adding a NanoBoard to your designenvironment and transform your desktop into a complete and interactive FPGA-basedelectronics design laboratory.

    Copyright 2004 Altium Limited.Important Notice: Supply of pre-synthesized components under the terms and conditions of the Altium End-User License Agreement does not convey nor imply any patent rights to the supplied technologies. Users are cautioned that a license from any patent holder(s) may be required for any use covered by such patent rights, including the implementation of components in an Integrated Circuit or other device. Users are advised to contact patent holders directly for further information.

    Altium, CAMtastic, CircuitStudio, Design Explorer, DXP, LiveDesign, NanoBoard, Nexar, nVisage, P-CAD, Protel, Situs, TASKING, and Topological Autorouting and their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Altium Limited or itssubsidiaries. All other registered or unregistered trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners, and no trademark rights to the same are claimed.