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In addition to the standard product courses, TSI offers PCB BASICS and PCB Design-for-Manufacture (DFM) classes with an emphasis on providing solutions to your design problems. These classes are custom in nature. Contact our Education Services Coordinator more information on scheduling.

 

Mentor Graphics Training

TSI offers a wide range of courses and consulting, covering the basic design tools to the most advanced tools. We provide a service that covers System/PCB Design, FPGA Design, and ASIC Design. With the appropriate combination of lecture and hands-on exercises and consulting, you are introduced to every major operation and procedure of ASIC / FPGA and System level and PCB design. Below are the classes that we currently offer throug third parties. Please check with your local TSI Representative for more details.

Schematic Capture - D
Analog Simulation
Schematic Capture - L 
PCB Layout 
PCB Router
Signal Integrity Analysis
Schematic Capture Customization

Schematic Capture Update

 

Schematic Capture - D

Course length:  3 days

Tuition:  $2100 USD

Location:  TSI Training Center

Target Audience:

Engineers and PCB designers who will use Mentor Schematic Capture tools to create schematics that will be used with Mentor Layouts

Course Description:

The DxDesigner for PADS course was developed to improve your knowledge and skills with Design Definition solutions.  Using the DxDesigner tools suite, you will gain proficiency in project management with Dashboard, schematic capture with DxDesigner, part selection using DxDatabook and more.  You will also learn how to prepare your final schematic for interfacing with the Mentor Graphics PADS layout tool.

Detailed lab exercises help reinforce what is discussed during the lectures and provide you with extensive tool usage experience under the guidance of our industry expert instructors.

You will learn how to:

  • Use DxDesigner proficiently in the creation of flat and hierarchical schematic designs
  • Place wires and buses in the design to create net connections
  • Use DxDatabook to search, select and verify parts used in your design
  • Create symbols for your schematics through a variety of methods
  • Effectively build intelligence into your design using properties
  • Use the Constraint Editor to create and assign constraints to your design
  • Compile, package and export your schematic to PADS for place and route
  • Forward and backward annotation to your PADS design
  • Outputs including netlists, part lists, printing, .pdf and archival of your schematic

Hands-On Lab

Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience using DxDesigner.  Hands-on topics include:

  • Creating a project and setting up projects in Dashboard and DxDesigner
  • Configuring DxDesigner
  • Schematic creation for flat and hierarchical designs
  • Symbol graphics creation
  • Adding properties to symbols and schematics
  • Net label cross-referencing
  • Interfacing to PADS layout
  • Setting constraints with the Constraint Editor
  • A student design challenge that pulls together all aspects of the tool discussed during class

Prerequisites:

Knowledge of Windows 7, XP, NT or 2000

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Analog Simulation

Course length:  2 days

Tuition:  $1400 USD

Location:  TSI Training Center

Target Audience:

Engineers and designers who are familiar with simulation concepts and mentor schematic capture tools.  It is not intended for first time users.

Course Description:

This course combines lectures and hands-on exercises to introduce students to the basic and advanced features/concepts of analog simulation using HyperLynx Analog.  Students will use the powerful waveform tool, EZWave, to view and analyze the results of their simulation.  Eldo Spice simulator is used as a simulation engine in this class.

You will learn how to:

  • Navigate and use the HyperLynx Analog environment for both design and simulation of analog circuits
  • Control and set up simulation for different types of circuit analysis (e.g. frequency domain, time domain, statistical analysis, etc.)
  • Use Eldo commands as well as the HyperLynx Analog interface to set up and perform simulation
  • Use the waveform tool (EZWave) and its waveform calculator for in-depth analysis of your simulation results

Hands-On Lab

Extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience using HyperLynx Analog software for:

  • Browse design and basic simulation

  • HyperLynx Analog Library

  • Parameterized properties

  • Save and restart simulation

  • Using sweep capability

  • Monte Carlo analysis

  • Waveform calculator

  • EZWave waveform viewer

  • Advanced simulation features

Prerequisites:

Familiarity with DxDesigner (preferable 2007.x version) and Windows operating system.

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Schematic Capture - L

Course length:  1 day

Tuition:  $700 USD

Location:  TSI Training Center

Target Audience:

Electrical Engineers and PCB Designers who are new to Logic schematic capture tools

Course Description:

The PADS Logic course teaches you the workflow of creating a schematic design using the latest version of Mentor Graphics' PADS Logic.  You will be guided through the steps necessary to capture schematics.  Course highlights include creating part types, generating netlists, generating reports (BOM) and interfacing with PADS Layout.

You will learn how to:

  • Customize and work with the PADS Logic interface
  • Create 2D lines, text objects and work with fields
  • Create Part Types, CAE Decals, Pin Symbols, Connectors and Off Page symbols
  • Create a schematic with parts, connections and busses
  • Define the PCB Layer stackup and Design Rules
  • Create netlists, Report Files, .pdf and ECO files
  • Forward and backward annotate with PADS Layout

Hands-On Lab

Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience using the PADS Logic software.  Topics include:

  • Navigating the user interface

  • Creating and modifying Drafting items

  • Creating libraries and library objects

  • Creating a schematic

  • Defining layer stackup

  • Setting design rules

  • Forward and backward annotation to PADS Layout

  • Generating Bills of Materials

  • Generating .pdf files

  • Cross probing with PADS Layout

Prerequisites:

Understanding of Electrical CAD design, Windows operating system.

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PCB Layout

Course length:  3 days

Tuition:  $2100 USD

Location:  TSI Training Center

Target Audience:

PCB designers and engineers who are new to Layout.

Course Description:

The PADS Layout course teaches you the workflow of designing a printed circuit board using the latest version of Mentor Graphics' PADS Layout.  You are guided through the steps necessary to design a printed circuit board.  Course highlights include creating part types, importing netlists, placing parts, routing connections, generating reports and creating Gerber outputs.

You will learn how to:

  • Customize and work with the PADS Layout interface
  • Create Board Outlines, Keepouts and 2D line items
  • Create Part Types, PCB Decals and Pad stacks
  • Import netlists, define the board stackup and set design rules
  • Place parts manually and use cross probing capabilities
  • Route a design using manual/interactive routing and editing tools
  • Create copper shapes and plane areas
  • Verify the design
  • Generate Gerber data
  • Work with ECO files
  • Forward and backward annotate with PADS Logic

Hands-On Lab

Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience using the PADS Layout software.  Topics include:

  • Navigating the user interface

  • Creating and modifying Drafting items

  • Creating libraries and library objects

  • Importing netlists

  • Defining the layer stackup

  • Setting Design Rules

  • Placing parts

  • Routing a design

  • Creating copper and split plane areas

  • Clearance and connectivity verification

  • Using ECO commands

  • Generating CAM documents

Prerequisites:

Understanding of PCB design, Windows operating system.

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PCB Router

Course length:  2 days

Tuition:  $1400 USD

Location:  TSI Training Center

Target Audience:

All users interested in mastering Auto-Routing.

Course Description:

The PADS Router course teaches you the workflow of completing designs using the latest version of Mentor Graphics' PADS Router.  You are guided through the steps of completing a PCB design started in PADS Layout.  Course highlights include placing parts, routing a printed circuit board using manual, interactive and automatic routing modes, and verifying the design.

You will learn how to:

  • Customize and work with the PADS Router interface
  • Place components
  • Set an autorouting strategy
  • Assign Properties, rules and routing preferences for the design and its objects
  • Route, fanout and optimize nets my interactive selection
  • Use the command window to view reports
  • Set layer direction, corner and quality options for optimal routing

Hands-On Lab

Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience using the PADS Router software.  Topics include:

  • Using the PADS Router link from within PADS Layout

  • Interface usage and customization

  • Setting design options

  • Preparing batch routing

  • Setting routing rules and limitations in the properties interface

  • Dispersing vias, routing and optimizing

  • Generating and viewing reports

  • Routing a design

Prerequisites:

PADS Layout training or familiarity with PADS Layout software.  Autorouting experience is helpful, but not required.

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Signal Integrity Analysis

Course length:  2 days

Tuition:  $1400 USD

Location:  TSI Training Center

Target Audience:

Engineers and designers who will use Line-Sim and Board-Sim to analyze signal integrity issues in their designs.

Course Description:

The Signal Integrity Analysis course was developed to help you understand basic signal integrity, crosstalk EMI concepts and gain proficiency in these for pre-layout  and post-layout simulations.

You will learn how to:

  • Create and simulate LineSim cell-based and free-form schematics
  • Investigate termination strategies
  • Investigate stackup strategies
  • Translate PCB design databases
  • Identify and debug SI and Crosstalk issues
  • Read eye-diagrams and how to specify a mask
  • Simulate EMC and evaluate the results
  • Assign models and component values
  • Run BoardSim simulations interactively and in batch mode
  • Run BoardSim for both single and multi-board projects
  • Evaluate batch mode simulation reports to identify potential problems

Hands-On Lab

Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience using HyperLynx software.  Topics include:

  • LineSim free-form and cell based schematic creation, editing stackups, assignment of models and component values

  • Compare theoretical values with simulation results

  • Manual and automatic waveform measurements of overshoot, flight-time and crosstalk

  • Evaluating the effects of different impedance matching strategies, topologies, technologies and stackups in LineSim

  • Create, test and debug IBIS models

  • Add model libraries using different methods in BoardSim

  • Perform Batch Mode Quick Analysis and Detailed Analysis in BoardSim and analyze the reports

  • Interactively simulate different scenarios to fix problems in BoardSim

  • Analyze nets using eye diagrams and SPICE simulations

  • Set up and simulate nets between boards using multi-board projects

Prerequisites:

Understanding of PCB design, Windows XP, NT or 2000 and familiarity with High-speed PCB concepts.

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Schematic Capture Customization

Course length:  2 days

Tuition:  $1400 USD

Location:  TSI Training Center

Target Audience:

Design engineers who want to enhance their productivity by customizing their environments.

Course Description:

This class shows and discusses practical Visual Basic examples describing how to create custom functionality within the design entry environment (through OLE automation into DxDesigner). You will learn how to automate repetitive design tasks like project management, attribute and connectivity manipulations, reporting and interactive design validation will be covered.

Prerequisites:

Software Experience and DxDesigner knowledge.

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Schematic Capture Update

Course length:  1 day

Tuition:  $700 USD

Location:  TSI Training Center

Target Audience:

Engineers and Designers who are transitioning to the current release of Mentor tools.

Course Description:

With the release of PADS9.x DxDesigner, there is a substantial change in the architecture and interface.  This course will aid an experienced DxDesigner user in making the transition to this new, powerful release.

You will learn how to:

  • Navigate through the new interface
  • Work using the new PADS9.x database architecture
  • Create and configure projects in the new environment
  • Convert projects
  • Use new commands in DxDesigner
  • Enter constraints in the new environment
  • Use the new net and bus features
  • Understand the support file changes

Hands-On Lab

Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience using PADS9.x DxDesigner software.  Topics include:

  • DxDesigner project creation

  • DxDesigner schematic interface

  • DxDesigner hierarchy editing

Prerequisites:

DxDesigner 2005.x familiarity.  It is not intended for the first time user training on the DxDesigner tool. 

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