Introducing CADSTAR 11, Zuken’s PCB Design Solution

By DE Editors

The latest version of Zuken‘s (Westford, MA)  desktop PCB design solution CADSTAR 11 harmonizes the design process to deliver greater technology integration than ever before. The Zuken development team has delivered a suite of timesaving benefits to make CADSTAR 11 the most accessible design solution available.

CADSTAR 11,  to be released in December 2008, integrates Zuken’s goal of future-proofing the design process by enabling technology integration with all the latest technologies like increased density through improved routing and 3D modeling.

With CADSTAR 11, Zuken, known for its support of the PCB engineers, is taking a new direction and offering new functions of direct benefit to front-end engineering development teams. Schematic engineers will find the support of high pin-count devices a bonus as they strive to bring manufacture ready concepts to the PCB design teams, plus for electrical engineers E³.logic (as alternative front-end solution for CADSTAR PCB Design) as part of the E³.series will be of huge benefit in bringing cable design closer than ever to PCB integration.

The benefits CADSTAR 11 introduce include new functionality relating to pin management, to support high-pin count devices; new library management wizards,  to create Multi Gates and export Multi Gate Data for the creation of Part Edit Definition; expanded capabilities for the Place and Route Editor (P.R.Editor),  to reduce the design cycle time; improved Design Editor, to reduce PCB manufacturer’s waste costs; an enhanced library searcher facility, and improved manufacturing output, making CADSTAR not only easier to use, but by speeding up the design process and offering the design team “first-time-right”  designs.

This latest version of CADSTAR features Zuken’s new intelligent auto routing solution, the Dragon Router that combines intelligence and a methodology-driven approach after analyzing your design guiding the user through the right-first-time creation of boards in shorter time frames. Based upon a Routing Strategy Environment (RSE), Dragon will provide an analysis of the board plus the best strategy, The Dragon Router is also available as an add-on from P.R.Editor XR2000 L4.

A few engineering enhancements include preparation of high-pin count devices, working with Design Editor has never been easier, new functionalities for the place and route editor (PR Editor) to support new technology developments like HSpeed design.

For details, contact Zuken USA Inc.

Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.