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Altera_Forum
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18 years ago

Which software can open the pcb docment of DE2?

I want to reference the PCB of DE2. The document is NiosII_CycloneII_R01.pcb,which can be finded in the directory of nios. But I can't open it by protel99se and DXP2004sp2. :confused: Which edition can open it?

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    Altera_Forum
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    18 years ago

    Contact the makers of the DE2 board for the answer to t hat question.

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    18 years ago

    Hello,

    according to some project documents, the evaluation board design was made with PADS PowerPCB, a product aquired by Mentor. Unfortunately it isn't among the design systems I have access to, so I can't check.

    Regards,

    Frank
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    18 years ago

    Hello,

    I refer to the design file "10397Altera_NiosII_CycloneII_R02.pcb". In an additional document it's declared as PADS 5.0. If you're talking of different design: The file extension *.PCB to my knowledge isn't used by the common Cadence tools. Allegro has *.BRD, Orcad PCB has *.DSN.

    Regards,

    Frank