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Re: Diff Pairs & Length tuning in the product branch

 

A-ma-zing work! ;)

Thank you.  

Miguel Ángel Ajo


On Wednesday, 4 de March de 2015 at 3:38, Andrew Zonenberg wrote:

> So if I understand this correctly, net names must currently be FOO+ and  
> FOO- for differential pair routing.
>  
> Can you add support for FOO_P and FOO_N naming? These names are legal  
> identifiers in most hardware description languages and will allow PCB  
> and HDL net names to be the same.
>  
> On 03/03/2015 08:44 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >  
> > We've just merged the new features of the Interactive Router to the
> > product branch:
> > - Routing differential pairs (in push&shove mode too).
> > - Tuning trace length.
> > - Tuning differential pair length and skew.
> >  
> > There's a video tutorial and a demo available on YouTube [1].
> >  
> > The merge also includes some improvements to the selection/edit tools
> > that we've developed alongside the new router features:
> > - Snapping to the origin axes when moving (allowing to move an item
> > exactly vertically/horizontally wrt its former position)
> > - Editing footprint pad properties directly on PCB.
> > - Moving pads of a footprint directly on PCB.
> > - Opening the footprint editor for selected footprint on a PCB in GAL mode.
> > - Dragging footprints by origin, pad 1 or pad nearest the cursor.
> > - Guessing the best selection candidate instead of displaying the
> > disambiguation menu every time.
> >  
> > We did our best to make sure the branch compiles and runs correctly, and
> > we'll greatly appreciate your feedback - be that bugs, feature requests
> > or suggestions for improvements. Please keep in mind this is the first
> > public release of the Diff Pairs, so some fine tuning may be needed in
> > the future.
> >  
> > Many thanks to all developers, funders & users for your help and support!
> >  
> > Cheers,
> > Tom & Orson
> >  
> > [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chejn7dqpfQ
> >  
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