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www.cadence.com 3 Allegro EDM Solution This capability permits the librarian to test the library elements in the same environment that is used in production and to perform all the tasks that a designer performs when using the libraries. The Allegro Library Manager uses a server to provide a central repository for librarians. One server is required for each design site. The library server can, optionally, connect to a product lifecycle management (PLM) server for the synchronization of business metric data that provides the design engineer with real-time decision data. Features Library development flow The ability to set up standard part creation methodologies through the Flow Manager GUI streamlines the library development process. Users can define standard flows for multiple types of parts, each with a different flow and access to different tools (e.g., schematic symbols versus layout footprints). Selecting a step in the flow displays the tools appropriate for that step. This list of tools acts as a checklist, creating a shorter learning curve, improving productivity, and ensuring consistency in part creation. Library verification steps, with their appropriate tools, are built into the flow to facilitate rapid verification of components. Multi-site library distribution The Allegro Library Manager maintains a central master library of preferred parts and associated known-good library data that is automatically distributed to various design sites as new parts and updates appear in the library. This master library keeps all design sites up to date with the latest additions and changes, ensuring that all designers have access to the most current library and component information. Regulatory compliance Regulatory compliance directives (such as the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, or RoHS) are a top concern for electronics designers. The Allegro Library Manager captures RoHS and other regulatory compliance component information, making it searchable in the part information manager. Designers can search for compliant parts in the library or specify a preferred parts list that contains only compliant parts. Regulatory compliance information can be automatically sourced or synchronized with a corporate PLM system through the PLM vendor's gateway, which integrates directly with the Allegro Library Manager. IP reuse management The Allegro Library Manager provides comprehensive library model management for logical schematic blocks and physical modules, promoting design reuse by providing rapid cataloging and access to reusable design IP. It allows capturing of existing logical and physical IP blocks that can increase overall quality by allowing the use of pre-validated IP. This, in turn, can help simplify complex design issues resulting in shorter overall design cycles. Benefits • Reduces the time to create, validate, and manage large pin-count devices— from days to minutes— by employing an all-encompassing librarian toolbox • Decreases design ECOs by verifying the accuracy of logical symbols and physical footprints using automatic library part validation • Eliminates design errors due to out-of-date or defective libraries by automatically synchronizing logical and physical reference libraries across the enterprise • Increases librarian productivity and company purchasing power by eliminating redundant components and supplier • When connected to enterprise PLM (through a PLM vendor-supplied gateway), enables holistic part creation, management, and synchronization across the ECAD and PLM business data management worlds • Supports joint development model (JDM) methodologies commonly used between OEMs and ODMs/EMS through partial library distribution and synchronization Allegro Flow Manager The Allegro Flow Manager, a key component of the Allegro EDM Solution, facilitates a configurable work environment, enabling a common cross-organization, cross-company methodology by defining standard design flows across a variety of design types, such as standard, high speed, analog, and prototype. Each flow is defined with access to appropriate design tools and aids for each step in the flow. These flows can act as a checklist that helps shorten learning curves and makes casual users more productive, ensuring that important steps and checkpoints are not missed. Library development flows can also be employed, facilitating the use of the Allegro Flow Manager in the Allegro Library Manager. Figure 3: Configurable design flow guides users through the design process and brings appropriate design tools to the user's desktop in each step of the process