Dedicated design for radial PCBs

Cadstar Radial Design is a single-environment solution for the design of radial PCBs, based on Zuken's Cadstar suite of PCB design tools and the company's high speed Route Editor.

Cadstar Radial Design, a single-environment solution for the design of radial printed circuit boards, is based on Zuken's Cadstar suite of PCB design tools integrated with the company's high-speed Route Editor.

It enables the design of radial boards, those with identical blocks of design centred around a single device or area, to be carried out accurately and rapidly with a high degree of automation and with guaranteed conformance to predefined manufacturing rules.

Typically, the time to design such boards is cut by two-thirds.

For example, when producing an IC test board, a single test block is designed, placed and routed within the one design environment, and all of the design data can then be cut and pasted in a radial pattern around the test socket using a "step and repeat" function.

An unlimited number of blocks can be added to the design, physical size being the only limitation.

Cadstar Radial Design can be used to accurately match circuit lengths within each block and from block-to-block, minimising timing errors.

It is then used to rapidly route PCB tracks back to the test board connector within design rules set for track lengths and delays, with automatic compensation for timing differences.

Using Cadstar Radial Design saves time and cost because the normal way to produce radial boards is for placement information to be exported, typically in DXF format, to a mechanical design tool to ensure accurate angular component placement.

The data is then brought back into a PCB design tool and the board is manually routed.

Cadstar Radial Design costs from GBP 3500, depending upon the options required.

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