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1 year ago

EK-10M08E144 PCB .brd file corrupted

I am working on a layout for a MAX10 (10M08SA2884 EQFP144) to implement our firmware design created on the EK-10M08E144 development board. I downloaded the dev board document installation (from https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/fpga/development-kits/max/10m08-evaluation-kit.html ) but I cannot open the .brd file.

The Altium importer refuses to import them, suggesting conversion to Modern Eagle v6 XML format, but Eagle will not not open the .brd file ( "Error: line 1, column 1: Start tag expected.")

Is there a reference hardware design or updated dev board layout I can use as a reference for my design, preferably compatible with (or importable to) Altium 24?

Thank you in advance,

Ed

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  • FvM's avatar
    FvM
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    1 year ago
    Wrong thread title. Not corrupted, just wrong layout tool used. It's Cadence Allegro.
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      Ed1632
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      1 year ago

      Aha- thank you for catching that. The Altium importer still doesn't like it- "importing files in Binary format requires Cadence Allegro on system... If Cadence Allegro is not available, please use the ASCII(*ALG) file format instead."

      I tried opening in it in the Allegro free viewer and and got "ERROR(SPP_HDB181): The current version of software is unable to open design ... The design was last saved using version 16.5 and must be updated using DB Doctor."

      I will hunt around for an Allegro installation (or DB Doctor, whatever that might be); in the meantime, is the EK-10M08E144 layout available in any other file types or versions? I would love to have this as a reference; nobody wants to do another board spin because I messed up a detail.

  • NurAiman_M_Intel's avatar
    NurAiman_M_Intel
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    1 year ago

    Hi,


    We only provide the PCB file the same format that you can get from the devkit page.


    Regards,

    Aiman


  • Ed1632's avatar
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    1 year ago

    (As for the title, you are right it is probably not corrupted, but I am not having any luck changing the thread title)

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    Ed1632
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    1 year ago

    OK, thank you Aiman. Be aware that your board file is out of date and not accessible to recent Allegro viewer releases- please consider updating your support files.

    I have found a Cadence 16.5 installation but have not been able to open the .brd file yet- I think there are still some PC/license issues at play. Thanks for your help.

    Ed

  • NurAiman_M_Intel's avatar
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    1 year ago

    I now transition this thread to community support. If you have a new question, feel free to open a new thread to get the support from Intel experts. Otherwise, the community users will continue to help you on this thread. Thank you.