TARGET 3001
TARGET 3001 is a CAD-/CAE-software for Integrated PCB Design Suite. This is integrated Software inclusive of the schematic-, simulation- and layout data into one user interface, and the integration of these data into one file is revolutionary to the work of the design engineer. The aim is a short time-to-market of your products abandoning internal conversion struggles. The TARGET 3001! Wiki intends to give information on TARGET 3001! It assists you to get started immediately. It shows you how to deal with common tasks, gives you helpful information and points at new important features. TARGET 3001! itself consists of Schematic, A/D Mixed Mode Simulation, Contour Autorouter, Autoplacer, PCB Layout, 3D view, EMC Analysis check, Frontpanel Layout. It provides Manufacturing Data for production processes of all industry standards.
Why should you use it?
· 32-Bit Power with Windows NT/2000/ME/XP/Vista
· Windows graphical user interface
· Schematic, simulation and layout with 3D view is one unit based on one central project file, representing just the two faces of the same coin (realtime data integration)
· Toggle between schematic and layout or have both in separate windows besides each other. Several projects can be opened simultaneously
· Renamings, renumberings, pin- or gate swaps are automatically implemented to schematic and layout
· Highest accuracy: vectorgraphics with a resolution of 1nm = 1/1.000.000 mm (units metrical or imperial)
· 1 cm PCB is 1 cm on screen (true coordinates) when scale is set 100%
· Any grid, rotate at any angle
· Component Server with over 36.000 components.
· Components can be edited after insertion to schematic or layout
· Clipboard inserts your vector drawings also into MS-Word, OpenOffice or similar lossless for means of documentation*Comfortable Library Browser for search, download, edition and administration/handling of components
· Interactive automatic placement of components (Autoplacer), placment of components according to figures (cluster placement, alignment assistant)
· Two internal autorouters allowing different strategies of autorouting
· Interface to the external autorouter “ELECTRA“, an OEM Product which we sell in partnership with the Belgian producer
· Import of Protel* and Eagle* projects, direct export to Eagle
· Import of netlists in OrCAD*-Multiwire and Mentor* format, TARGET-ASCII und Gerber*-Format
· Creation of netlists in Protel*, OrCAD*, Calay* and Pads FORMAT
· Creation of BoMs in Protel*, OrCAD* and Calay* format
· Read in of Bitmaps (Logo etc.)
· Export to all Windows printers
· Your individual project documentations multilingual (three languages possible)
· Electrical rule check (ERC)
· Design rule check (DRC)
· Generating all common data formats for production on button-click: Export to Gerber RS274-D*, Gerber RS274-X*, Excellon*, Sieb&Meyer*, DXF, Postscript* and TARGET-ASCII (referenced, open ASCII Interface)
· Several milling formats besides HPGL supported
· Separate printing of all layers in use
· Easy creation of individual components (package and symbol, simulation model and 3D- model) having endless component properties
· Up to 256 variants of assembly within one project.
· Component Management System (CMS) with deep-links to the shops of several distributors, providing data sheets accordingly
· Network compatible, project-locking, password for libraries
· Free Updates within the current main version
· Transparency of your workflow in TARGET 3001!
· Freedom of action and flexibility maximized, interdictions and prohibitions minimized
· Straightforward logic and design in all modules
· Numerous Commercial features within the component management system (CMS)
· Protel, Eagle, OrCAD, Gerber, Excellon, Calay and PostScript are registered trademarks. All rights reserved to the owners.
SCHEMATIC
A schematic is a sketch of an electrical logic. It contains the electrical connection between component symbols by the use of signal wires and busses. A schematic in TARGET 3001! can have up to 100 pages. A schematic can be lead to a layout. You reach the schematic mode in
Characteristics of the schematic tool in TARGET 3001!
· Up to 100 pages in one schematic, each 1.2m x 1.2m in size (equals 47.24 x 47.24 inches)
· 1000+ common components provided locally
· Extensive library of over 36,000 components supplied by a Server (internet access needed)
· Library Browser for easy component management
· Component Management System with direct internet access to related data sheets
· Hierarchical Design - use existing designs as modules for other designs
· Multiple schematics open at once - allows easy cut&paste between designs
· Schematic symbols editable, even when already in use & independently form library
· Gate and pin swap
· Variants of assembly supported
To print a Din A3 schematic page on two Din A4 pages please use an offset of the X-coordinates. Begin printing the left part of your drawing without offset using the following settings: Open the Print dialog again and enter an “Offset X” at -210 mm (half the length of a Din A3 page = width of a Din A4 sheet). The drawing shifts left left according to the entered coordinates. In our example we choose a value of -181 mm for using the space as best as possible because the width of the drawing frame is a bit smaller. By the use of the TARGET 3001! internal mixed mode simulator a schematic can be checked regarding its functions and the results can be analyzed. The simulator is PSpice resp. Spice 3f5 compatible. The number of signals the simulator can handle vary between the TARGET 3001! Editions.
SIMULATION
The TARGET 3001!-Simulator is based on and developed the SPICE3f5-Simulator from the University of California at Berkeley. This simulator for analogue circuits became the basis for many commercial simulators. The simulator PSPICE is also a descendant of this simulator with an additional event driven simulator for digital models as its main new feature. The TARGET 3001!-Simulator contains many extensions of PSPICE (e.g. the digital simulator and the mixed mode mechanism).
The simulation language (syntax) SPICE/PSPICE for the description of models became a standard in practice. Many component manufacturers make files available for download with models for their components. The TARGET 3001!-Simulator is similar/compatible in its way of working and in the simulation language with PSPICE.
The TARGET 3001!-Simulator enables to simulate mixed circuits with analogue and digital primitives (mixed mode simulator). The user interface/dialogs of the simulator are designed as wizards with direct graphical assistance. The meanings of the different input parameters are graphically visualized. The tutorial is intended as an introduction, the handling is demonstrated, but it provides also a good overview. The appendix contains sources of literature and a list of the simulator error messages.
LAYOUT
A layout is the binding construction plan of a PCB. In TARGET 3001! it can be edited with or without a schematic. The layout is edited in the PCB view. This icon appears in any schematic view. The expressions layout und PCB or PCB view are often used synonymous in TARGET 3001!, because the same module is meant. A simple PCB layout might look like this:
By the use of the default settings you see:
· The PCB Outline (Pink),
· The Soldering Pads (Footprints, Landmarks) Of The Components (Blue),
· The Padnumbers (Black),
· The Drillholes (Brown),
· The Elements Of The Copper Top Side (Blue),
· The Elements Of The Copper Bottom Side (Red),
· The Position Print With Package Outlines And Component Names And Values (Black)
· All Those Information (And More) Are Edited In TARGET 3001! Upon “Layers”.
AUTOROUTER
TARGET 3001! offers two internal autorouters which use different routing algorithms. You will find them in layout menu “Actions…”: Furthermore TARGET 3001! offers an interface to an “External autorouter” called ELECTRA which is an OEM product by cooperation with a belgian producer. It can be tested for free and purchased separately.
3D VIEW
TARGET 3001! allows to inspect your layouts in 3D View. Click in layoutmenu “View” on 3D-view and eg. get: Precondition is, that a component used has a 3D-model. The packages of the library Standard.PCK3001 are furnished with 3D models.
PCB-Pool
The TARGET 3001! cooperation partner “Beta Layout” (PCB-Pool (R)) offers industrial manufacturing of your TARGET 3001! project. What does it cost?
Please use the price calculator in TARGET 3001! menu File/Produce PCB in PCB-Pool for receiving a binding offer from PCB-Pool(R). This tool also offers opportunity for a direct order.
After you have finished your PCB project, you may wish to create a frontpanel for the case your PCB shall be mounted in. You wish to place drillings for the LEDs, for the trimmer, an appropriate scale, or a lettering and a further outbreak or whatever. Place your frontpanel layout directly upon (above) your PCB layout, to make sure to have placed all drillings/millings precisely. After you started the frontpanel design process first see the position layer and the outline of the PCB in red and the outline of the frontpanel in grey. All layers of no interest for the frontpanel design process are faded out.
Now use the functions in menu “Front panel”. Place drillings, outbreaks, scales or letterings. Your frontpanel layout is configured on the top three layers in TARGET and now might look like this:
The library browser offers in library “Frontpanel.PCK3001″ a multitude of milling models which can easily be inserted by drag and drop……e.g. milling for a fan40/3,2 or for a plug D-Sub15-Standard (sure doesn’t make sense for this project but for demonstrational reasons) Now export your layout in format DXF to gather offers from frontpanel-manufacturers. To speed up this process try in TARGET 3001! the frontpanelcalculator “WK Calculator” in menu “File/Produce Frontpanel with WK-Mechanik…”:
GENERAL FEATURES :
32-Bit-Windows-Power
Program And Manual Completely In English And German Language
Toggle Between Schematic Andpcb
Realtime Data Integration (Forward-/Back-Annotation)
Realtime Ground Plane Computation
Realtime Air Wire Optimization
Autoplacer
Contour Autorouter (Shape Based, Gridless)
Hybrid Autorouter
Interface To The Autorouter Electra (Specctra (R) Compatible)
Drag & Drop Library Browser
Drag & Drop Component Placement
Clipboard As A Documentation Interface
Intuitive Windows User Interface
Free Version “Discover” Can Be Used As Viewer
Undo/Redo (50 Steps)
Interfaces:
o Gerberin/Out ? Xgerber
o Excellon ? Sieb & Meyer
o Dxf ? Postscript
o Bitmap In ? Ascii In/Out (Open Data-Interface)
o Xml In/Out ? Generic Hpgl Out
o Smart Gerber (Combines Both)
Insulation Milling As Outline Engraving (Directly From The Program!)
Maximum Accuracy: Vector Graphics, Resolution: 1nm = 1/1.000.000mm = 1/25.400.000 Inch
World Coordinates: 1 Inch On Screen = 1 Inch On Pcb (When Zoom = 100%)
1.2m X 1.2m Pcb-/Schematic Area, Up To 100 Pcb Layers, Up To 100 Schematic Pages
Components In Current Project Directly Editable: Change Pad, Modify Package Etc.
Flip-Chips And Ball-Grid-Arrays (Bgas) Supported
Rotation By Any Angle E.G. Chip On Board Technology
Free Displacable Tools
Hierarchical Design By Block Diagrams
Generation Of Alternative Assemblies In Schematic And Layout (Variants)
Project Browser In Tree View Technique
Symbol Assistant
Package Assistant
Outline Assistant For Easy Generation Of Outlines With Breakouts
Outlines Of Any Shape
Color Code Calculator For Resistors And Capacitors
Calculation Of The Track Width For High Current
Online Help System
Frontpanel Engraving Tool
Texts In 3 Languages Simultaneously
Update Manager For Automatic Program And Driver Updates
Automatic Library Updates
Alignment Assistant (Allows Geometrical Alignment Of A Certain Number Of Identic Components)
In Schematic Mode
Permanent Forward-Annotation To Pcb
More Than 36,000 Logic Components (Din/Ieee) On The Component Server ( Internet Access Needed)
Common Components Provided For Local Storage
Automatic Component Numbering
Inserted Symbols Still Can Be Edited Or Adapted (Independently From Library)
Library Browser For Easy Library Management
Component Management System (Cms)
Import Of Mentor(R) And Orcad(R) Netlists If Needed
Output Of Individual Component Lists And Netlists (Also In Protel, Orcad And Calay Format)
Eagle(R) Import And Export (Schematic Files, Board Files) And Library Import To Target 3001!
Bill Of Material (Bom) With Item Number, Purchase Prices, Deliverer Etc. And Custom Fields
Up To 100 Schematic Pages Each Up To 1.44m²
Electrical Design Check Erc
IN PCB MODE
Permanent Back-Annotation To Schematic
Component Packages In The Layout Can Be Edited Free At Any Time
Air Wires Continually Updated In Display To Aid Placing
Up To 100 Layers (Copper, Solder Stop, Solder Paste, Gold Etc.)
Any Solder Pad Shapes: Circular, Octagonal, Oblong, Etc.
Any Width Of Track, Circular Track, Bezièr-Curves, Spirals, Teardrops And Custom Padstacks
Configurable Autoplacer
Interactive And Automatic Routing, Gridless Shape Based Contour Auto Router With Tconnections (Copper Sharing) And Maintaining Of All Design Rules, Single-, Double- And Multilayer Routing, Routing Of Smds, Of Components And Of Solder Pads Rotated At Any Angle
New Hybrid Autorouter Floating Ground Planes Calculated In Real Time
Configurable Real Time Design Rule Check (Drc)
Pcb Generation And Routing Without Schematic
Splitting A Schematic Off The Layout
Gerber File Import For Further Edition (E.G. From Other Design Software Programs)
Lots Of Pcb Houses Directly Accept Target *.T3001files
Formats *.Tgr (Polar Instruments) And *. Dif (Digitaltest) Supported (E-Testing)
3d-View On Button Click
Format *.Idf Supported (Transfer Of 3d Data To Other Mechanical Cad Systems)
Generation Of Panels
Generation Of Testing Points
Selection Assistant (Allows The Selection By Properties)
List Of The Last 20 Components Used
Automatic Pcb Enquiries And –Orders
Automatic Component Enquiries And –Orders
New Layer Tool With Advanced Layer-Set- Management
3d View
MIXED MODE SIMULATION
Completely Reviewed New Graphical User Interface
Spice Blocks No Longer Needed
Dialogues As Assistants
Help In Dialogues- With Graphical Explanations
Eased Model Edition
Model Browser Enlarged (With Syntax-Error Messages Also)
Subcircuit Generator Enlarged
Level (”Simulation-Group”) New Defined, Generalized
All Basic Simulator Elements Available In The Library, Virtual Components Too
Component Import (With Model) In Tree View Technique Possible
Pwl-Editor
Graphical Entry Of Pwl-Curve
Interactive Elements Self Definable: Individual Virtual Instruments Can Be Generated
Texts As Value Display
Filled Objects As Flashing Elements
Rectangles As Oscilloscopes
Mosfets: Parameters L And W Also Implemented Into The Model Card (Pspice-Syntax), So Mosfet-Models From Manufacturers (Internet, Gen Pspice-Syntax) Can Be Imported Spice3f5 And Pspice Compatible
Graphical Entry Of The Circuit – Circuit Simulation Interactive Circuit Symbols
Mixed Mode Simulation (Analog + Digital)
Analyses: Dc Sweep, Ac Sweep And Transient
Automatically Control Of Step Widths In Transient Analysis
Event Driven Digital Simulator
Delay, Setup, Hold…
Times For Digital Basic Elements
Postprocessor (Oscilloscope) For View And Analysis
Graphical Subcircuit Generator
Define Several Parameters Concerning The PCB And Concerning The Already Placed Tracks
Critical Tracks Are Automatically Highlighted And Checked With Respect To Their Emissions And Self Interference
PCB Is Checked Against All EMC Design Rules Whilst Designing
Handling And Evaluation Of The Results By Windows Tree-View-Technique
Calculations Implemented: Galvanic-, Inductive-, Capacitive- And Radiation Coupling
Computation Of The Coupling Factor, Wave Resistance And Maximum Track Length
Numerous Tips For Successful EMC-Adequate PCB Design.
High end features
TARGET 3001! offers all functions a modern CAD is expected to have. Some of them are worth to be mentioned:
· Component Management System (CMS)
· Variants within one project
· English, German and French user interface
· Multilanguage documentation in project files
· Multilayer using blind and buried vias
· Active Multilayer Technique (populating components upon inner layers)
· Ball Grid Arrays (BGA)
· Chip on Board technology (CoB)
· Specctra (R) compatible Autorouter
· Frontpanel designer
· Windows True Type Fonts in schematic or PCB
· One single database (file) for all project information
· Flying Probe formats supported
