"Dawn breaks over the
Pacific" as seen from the Computer Engineering Instructional Lab - photo
courtesy of the Fridgenius project, 2013/2014 CE Capstone Class
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
ECE 189A/B – Senior Computer Systems Project
CAD Tutorials – Home Page
DxDesigner/ExpeditionPCB
Tutorials
Developed by Josh Orsbun and
Steven Butner at UCSB (summer 2008, updated 2009-2011)
This site provides tutorials for the Mentor
Graphics Expedition Enterprise Flow 2007.2. Access to this software has been
generously provided by Mentor Graphics for use in the UCSB Computer Engineering
Capstone Design Project Course.
There are three principal components that
we'll need to use:
- The Library Manager
- The front-end schematic tool -- DxDesigner
- The back-end board layout tool -- ExpeditionPCB
The tutorials should be taken in
top-to-bottom order as listed in the Links pane at the left, starting with the
"PCB Basics" section and then moving on to the "Glossary",
found within the "Library Manager" tutorials, where often-used terms
and terminology are explained.
Return to ECE 189 Home Page.
Links
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Library Manager
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DxDesigner
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Expedition PCB
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PCB Basics
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Glossary
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Intro
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Intro
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Downloads
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Intro
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Use CentrlLib
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Place
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Partitions
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Copy
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Planes
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Import
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EasyBus
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Route
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Part
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Import
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Setup
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Find
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Forward
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CES
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Analysis
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ECO
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Silkscreen
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Drill
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Gerber
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BOM
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