[PCB_FORUM] Re: Importing orCAD schematics

  • From: "Gary MacIndoe" <gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx>
  • To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 11:06:23 -0600

Thanks Patrick, I was hoping that if I needed to create device files, that
they could be simplified.

 

So Donna from Comcast says that if it is orCAD v10, the schematics can
output netlist files specifically for Allegro, it creates the needed
pst*.dat files, and separate device files are not needed.  Sound right to
you?

 

So then the only thing I can see that would need to be done is for the orCAD
schematics to be pointing to the same files that Concept points to in order
to get the Allegro symbol information.

 

Thanks for helping out!

 

Regards,

 

Gary E. MacIndoe

PCB Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices

Longmont, Colorado

 

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You are right, your netlist will probably not have anything like functions,
etc.  In general, you don' tneed anything except package, class and
pincount, but if your numbering is alpha you need pinorder, pinuse and
function for allegro, and the pin names cannot be duplicated unless they are
listed separately as power.  Look at the two very simple attached examples.

 

Patrick Westfeldt, Jr. 
720-406-0887 

 

 

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Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Importing orCAD schematics

Patrick,

Thanks for the response.  I found out that the schematics are orCAD v10, but
I doubt that they are pointing to my Allegro symbols.

 

So, if this is the case, I have to create a device file for each different
part (i.e. 0603, sot23, tsop24 etc.), right?

 

I did a library dump on a design I'm working on now, and here is the device
file for a 60 pin BGA:

 

 

(DEVICE FILE: DDR2DRAMX8_60-60)

 

PACKAGE BGA60_8X12MM_0P8MM

CLASS IC

PINCOUNT 60

 

PINORDER 'DDR2DRAMX8_60-60' A0 A1 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7
A8 A9 BA0 BA1 BA2 CAS_L,

      CKE CK_DH CK_DL CS_L DM DQ0 DQ1 DQ2 DQ3 DQ4 DQ5 DQ6 DQ7 DQS_DH DQS_DL
NC0 ODT RAS_L VDD0 VDD1,

      VDD2 VDD3 VDDL VDDQ0 VDDQ1 VDDQ2 VDDQ3 VDDQ4 VREF VSS0 VSS1 VSS2 VSS3
VSSDL VSSQ0 VSSQ1 VSSQ2,

      VSSQ3 VSSQ4 WE_L

PINUSE 'DDR2DRAMX8_60-60' IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN
IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN,

      BI BI BI BI BI BI BI BI BI BI NC IN IN POWER POWER POWER POWER POWER
POWER POWER POWER POWER,

      POWER UNSPEC GROUND GROUND GROUND GROUND GROUND GROUND GROUND GROUND
GROUND GROUND IN

FUNCTION G1 'DDR2DRAMX8_60-60' H8 H3 H2 K7 L2 L8 L3 L7 H7 J2 J8 J3 J7 K2 K8
K3 G2 G3 G1 G7 F2 E8 F8,

      G8 B3 C8 C2 D7 D3 D1 D9 B1 B9 B7 A8 A2 F9 F7 A1 E9 H9 L1 E1 A9 C1 C3
C7 C9 E2 A3 E3 J1 K9 E7,

      A7 B2 B8 D2 D8 F3

 

PACKAGEPROP DEVICE_LABEL 'X8 SSTL2'

PACKAGEPROP HEIGHT '0.xxx'

PACKAGEPROP PARENT_PART_TYPE DDR2DRAMX8_60

PACKAGEPROP PARENT_PPT DDR2DRAMX8

PACKAGEPROP PARENT_PPT_PART 'DDR2DRAMX8_60-60'

PACKAGEPROP PART_NAME DDR2DRAMX8

 

END

 

 

Do I really need all of this in the device files (obviously a 0603 device
file would be much simpler!), or are there just a few basic things needed?

Could I do a library dump on a very large Concept -> Allegro design that
uses many different symbols, then use the device files for the orCAD design?

Sounds like it could be quite a job creating all of the device files for a
pretty good size design!!

 

Thank for the help Patrick!

 

 

Gary E. MacIndoe

PCB Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices

Longmont, Colorado

 

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Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Importing orCAD schematics

 

If your customer has v10 or higher, and has your footprint names in the
schematic, then you should have him put out the special allegro netlist set.
Otherwise, there is a fair amount of 3rd party setup you have to do,
including creation of simple device files.

 

Patrick Westfeldt, Jr. 
720-406-0887 

 

 

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Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 4:37 PM
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Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Importing orCAD schematics

Hey guys,

 

Sorry if this has been covered lately.

 

I have been asked to do a small design for Marketing (!?!), and they, for
some reason, use orCAD for schematic capture.  It has been years since I
imported anything but Concept HDL.

 

So in the Import Logic window, Other tab, do you just point to the orCAD
netlist (?) in the "Import netlist:" field?  Anything else or is just that
simple?

 

Thanks for any help!

 

Gary E. MacIndoe

PCB Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices

Longmont, Colorado

 

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