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.

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