AltiumLive 2017:ANNUAL PCBDESIGN SUMMIT

Presenter NameSeth Siegel

San Diego,10/3/17

Why are cables important:

• Compliance Testing

• Band-Aids for Bad Designs

• Impedance control for high speed digital communications is critical.

• Shielding termination techniques can significantly change EMI radiation

• Modern Robotic systems require complex and Robust harnessing.

Cables are Crazy Important!

CABLING

Electro Mechanical:

• Mechanical Engineers?

• Electrical Engineer?

• Anybody other than YOU

NOT IT!

Who’s Responsible

Options for Cable Drawing

Using Altium Draftsman

DFM(Design For Manufacturing) considerations

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Agenda

1 Background

UCLA

• Electrical Engineer (Biomedical Engineering)

CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, FLUID DYNAMICS, AND THERMO DYNAMICS

• SAE-Society of Automotive Engineering

Machining Parts

Nothing to do with Electrical Engineering!

Background-Undergraduate

Crown Poly (Project Engineer)

• Facilitating Infrastructure Projects

Pneumatic systems, material loaders, mechanical parts……….

• Almost Electrical.

PLC Programming, Power systems projects

• Programs

AutoCad, Solidworks, and Paint

Nothing to do with Electrical Engineering!

Background-First Engineering Job

Cobham, Sea Tel Maritime Antennas

• Facilitating Infrastructure Projects

Harsh environments

• Long Life

10 years of service expectations Limited service

• Programs

AutoCad, Solidworks, and Mento Graphics

Loads of Cables!

Background-First Electrical Design Job

POWER & RF ROTARY JOINTS

HIGH VIBRATION CONSIDERATION

Dispensing Systems

• Cat Track Systems

Repetitive motions

• Long Life

Limiting downtime

• Programs

Solidworks,Altium,Visio

Loads of Cables!

Background-Cables With Altium

Options for Cable Drawing

Using Altium Draftsman

DFM(Design For Manufacturing) considerations

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3

4

Agenda

1 Background

Solidworks Electrical

• Complicated

• Symbol Creation

• Confusing

• Compiling problems

E3.CABLE Cabling Software

Visio

• No net list

• No 3d

drawing

AutoCad Electrical

Physical Cable designs in Altium Schematic Tool

• Altium Video Explanation of the problems

• Altium Tutorial

• Problems:

• Time consuming

• Error Prone, Rework

Options for Cable Drawing

Using Altium Draftsman

DFM(Design For Manufacturing) considerations

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3

4

Agenda

1 Background

Cable Drawing Deliverables:

• BOM

• Schematic

• Annotated drawings

• Notes

Documentation your customers need to build cables inspect cables and

purchase cables.

What Do We Need

Get What You Want:

• Contract Manufacturer or In house staff. SAME OBJECTIVE

• Easily moving between vendors

• Procurement should be able source alternative parts

• Inspection should be able inspect your cables

• Procurement

• Make sure you drawings have the important information available

• If color for instance doesn’t matter you could mention Color: Any

• Inspection

• Only provided values that can be verified with available testing methods.

Less Email support

Who Are Your Customers

Cable Drawing Example #1

• Good cable drawing,

• Schematic

• Testing specifications

• Packaging considerations

• Better to use a spec

• Standardize

Cable Drawing Example #2

• BOM on drawing

• Easily done in AutoCAD or

Solidworks Electrical

Routing

Options for Cable Drawing

Using Altium Draftsman

DFM(Design For Manufacturing) considerations

2

3

4

Agenda

1 Background

Solidworks Electrical Routing

Solidworks Electrical Routing

• Flattened designs

No need to add another program:

• Getting you Electrical Engineer to

own the assembly drawing.

• Incorporating the Electrical

Schematic

• Maintaining a single library for

your design

Benefits of Altium Draftsman plus Solidworks Routing Tools

Thanks for your Attention!

Questions?