Design Rule Checking (DRC)
CR-8000 Circuit Adviser
Design Gateway’s Circuit Adviser enables engineers to conduct concurrent, advanced electrical rule checks during logical circuit creation. Users can specify rules and conditions, create check results, cross-probe results with the design and generate summary reports.
Checks include:
Circuit Adviser rule checks can be further enhanced, utilizing the annotation of operating point voltages annotated to the circuit design from analog simulation.
Resources
EMC = DRC²: The Importance of EMC Rule Checking
When it comes design rule checks for PCB designs, there are checks that should be performed that are just as important as spacing rules. Strict adherence to basic PCB design rule checks, such as track to track, track to via, via to via, pad to track etc. – though necessary to avoid short circuits – only scratch the surface when trying to identify potential design flaws. I often see PCB designs that are completed based on this premise and wonder what else could be hiding in the design?
