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16 years ago

PCB design files

Are pcb design files available for Cyclone III devices?

We need a file format which can be imported into Mentor PowerPCB software; this is what my company uses.

The guy who works this software is not sure he can import the .olb files I downloaded from Altera website. Has anyone of you some hints?

Regards

Cris

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    Altera_Forum
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    16 years ago

    Thank you for your answer

    I'm not the one who works on the PCB, so I don't know exactly what I'm asking :p

    From what I understood, he'd like to have ready made footprints and symbols to be used in the PCB CAD. Currently he must define a macro symbol and draw it manually; this is easy for a SO8 device but not for a FPGA.

    I had already found the ones you suggest. He said this is not a format his software supports or can import.

    Regards
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    14 years ago

    The footprints provided by Altera are for Cadence PCB Editor. What your PCB person can do is download the free Cadence PCB Viewer (http://www.cadence.com/products/pcb/pages/downloads.aspx) and use it to open the foot prints. From there they can have a very good idea of what pads are used and how they are spaced. It should not be that hard after that to create the footprint.

    Hope this helps.