Welcome to 2012! CADSTAR version 13 is now available for download from the Zuken support website. There are many upgrades and improvements, please see the What’s New page. Plus, there are four new products being introduced in this release:
- Constraint Browser (to make forward annotation from the schematic editor even easier)
- Placement Planner (a “what if” PCB floorplanning tool for the schematic designer)
- Power Integrity Advance (simulation of current consumption throughout a board)
- IDF Interface (improved mechanical data interchange with SolidWorks, AutoCAD, etc.)
Enhancements have also been made to DXF import, drill drawing creation and many others based on user feedback.
Welcome to FOM Systems! Are you facing high speed design challenges with your printed circuit designs, such as:
- Signal integrity analysis of critical traces and signals
- Need to accurately simulate performance of high speed nets
- Need Blind & Buried vias and other fine line design issues
- The importation of IBIS or Spice models into your design
- Need to impose strict flight time alignment requirements
- Must have forward annotation of all routing constraints
- Need to route traces at fixed impedance values on multiple layers
- Need to accurately model physical properties of your board and its components for your mechanical designers
- Need to import board outline and pre-placement of critical parts from your mechanical designers
- Need high performance autorouting that obeys all timing and impedance constraints which you have applied
- Need workstation performance on a PC budget
Then Zuken’s CADSTAR is the tool you need. Europe’s best selling PC-based electrical design software is now available in America. For 2011 Zuken has extended the offer of three CADSTAR software bundles.
All three versions include the following features:
- For 1 year, full technical support, all software updates, access to online component libraries
- B²Spice Mixed Mode Simulation
- Design Migration (import design data from OrCAD, Altium, PADS etc.)
- Schematic Designer (more info)
- Design Viewer
- Library Editor
- ODBC library database support
- Library Datasheet Publisher
- Variant Manager (more info)
- PCB Design Editor (unlimited)
- Place & Route Editor
- IDF Interface (coming with the media release early in 2012)
- Node locked licensing (Networked licensing available for an additional fee)
CADSTAR Extreme
Unique features of CADSTAR Extreme:
- Signal Integrity Verify (more info)
- XR5000 High Speed Router (more info)
- Unlimited Layers Autorouter (more info)
- EMC Adviser (more info)
- Rules by Area (more info)
CADSTAR Professional
Unique features of CADSTAR Professional:
- XR2000 High Speed router
- Unlimited Layer Autorouter
- Rules by Area
- EMC Adviser
CADSTAR Basic
Unique features of CADSTAR Basic:
- 6 Layer Autorouter
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Free Downloads:
CADSTAR Express
Test drive CADSTAR risk free. Download and run CADSTAR Express, a full featured but design size limited version. You must install a license file in order to use CADSTAR Express, but the license is free and time unlimited. Please visit the “Contact” page to request your free license. Questions? Download the data sheet here.
CADSTAR Design Viewer
Just updated to version 13, compatible with the latest CADSTAR patch releases. Now every member of the design team can have their own copy of the read-only version of CADSTAR, useful for printing schematic files or other documentation, and for viewing of printed circuit board artwork. After downloading CADSTAR Design Viewer please register here to obtain your free license that will enable operation of the software.
