[SI-LIST] Re: Mentor Hyperlinx ?

Joel,
There are no cheaper tools, as far as I know.
Hyperlynx is a good tools and I think you would need
the Gigabit upgrade since, at 1.5Gbauds, the skin
effect as well as the dielectric loss are felt.
Dan Bostan

--- Joel Brown <joel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have been looking at Mentor Hyperlinx since we
> need some signal
> integrity tools for PCB layout. We had a demo from
> their local sales
> office and it looks pretty good. It is very
> expensive and we are a small
> company without a lot of cash, but I feel we need
> some signal integrity
> tools since we are starting to do high speed designs
> (DVI, USB 2.0 and
> SATA). Also we tend to run signals through a long
> path consisting of
> multiple boards, connectors and cables. I feel a
> tool like this would
> help to identify problems that we would otherwise
> not recognize until a
> marginal product failed in the field. They also have
> a GHz which adds a
> lot to the price, which Mentor says is required for
> designs above 10
> GHz. All of our designs are 1.5 GHz or less
> fundamental frequency, so I
> am not sure if we need to spend the extra money on
> the GHz option. I
> would appreciate any feedback from people who have
> used Hyperlinx and
> suggestions of lower cost alternatives.
>  
> Joel Brown
> VP Engineering
> Z Microsystems, Inc.
> 
>  
> 
> 
>
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