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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 i...
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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.