DFM-Addon-for-CADsoft-EAGLE
Sunstone Circuits RELEASES DFM Add-on
for Cadsoft Eagle PCB Layout TOOL
EAGLE Users Can Design Direct to Sunstone’s Fab
Mulino, Ore. – Jan. 17, 2008 – Sunstone Circuits, the Mulino, Ore.-based
printed circuit board (PCB) prototype solutions provider, has released a factory
certified add-on that enforces Sunstone’s manufacturing capabilities interactively
inside CadSoft’s EAGLE PCB Layout™ tool.
“With the DFM Add-On, EAGLE PCB Layout users can now design with more confidence
that their PCB will be manufacturable by Sunstone,” said Terry Heilman, CEO of Sunstone
Circuits. “By leveraging the Design Rule Checking (DRC) engine built in to EAGLE
and supplying a full complement of Sunstone-specific rules for the EAGLE DRC engine,
Sunstone ensures that a designer’s work will conform to our published manufacturing
capabilities. We will offer this add-on to EAGLE PCB users as a complimentary service,
just another way that Sunstone strives to be the easiest and best PCB solutions
provider to do business with, Q2D™: from Quote to Delivery.”
Benefits to users of the DFM Add-On include:
- Reduced costs - helps eliminate design errors early in the design process,
minimizing the need for costly corrections later.
- Reduced time - design a PCB more quickly by utilizing an existing rule deck
instead of users creating their own.
- Process simplification – relieve pain points in the design process by following
a rule deck every step of the way.
Ed Robledo, General Manager for CadSoft USA, EAGLE PCB layout’s US distributor,
endorses the DFM Add-On, saying “CadSoft’s DRC engine is the ideal place for industry-leading
PCB manufacturing firms to characterize their DFM rules. By making a certified correct
version of their manufacturing parameters available to our customers, Sunstone is
bringing a uniform DRC environment to all EAGLE users.”
“With the DFM Add-On, our EAGLE customers can verify that their design is in compliance
with our DFM guidelines at every step of the design process,” added Nancy Viter,
Sunstone Customer Satisfaction Manager. “The Add-On helps solve the historical issue
of end users having to write their own interpretation of the fabrication vendor’s
rules, a process that often leads to errors that are not discovered until late in
the design process, thus making them expensive problems to fix.”
Sunstone’s DFM Add-On for EAGLE PCB Layout can be downloaded from Sunstone’s website
at http://www.sunstone.com/pcb-resources/Downloads.aspx,
or from the CadSoft USA website at http://www.cadsoft.de/download.htm,
in the miscellaneous downloads section.
Best-in-Class Design Options for All PCB Designers
As a part of the Sunstone ECOsystem, DFM Add-Ons help bring a seamless design flow
to design and assembly services. The Sunstone ECOsystem represents a strategic resource
that will consolidate and improve the PCB prototyping process for designers from
concept-to-delivery. The Sunstone ECOsystem integrates the four discrete segments
of PCB prototyping:
- Knowledge – PCB designer expertise
- Tools – design packages and software
-
Libraries and Parts – Sourcing and tracking of PCB components
- Manufacturing
– PCB manufacturing capability and expertise
With DFM Add-Ons and the Sunstone ECOsystem, designers can produce working prototypes
in shorter times, fewer turns and with greater access to PCB manufacturing services
such as assembly and stenciling. Designers benefit with lower costs and fewer pain
points throughout the entire design and manufacture process.
About Sunstone Circuits
Based in Mulino, Ore, Sunstone Circuits is a printed circuit board (PCB) solutions
provider with a fabrication facility for prototyping and quickturn manufacturing.
With more than 35 years of experience in delivering quality, on-time printed circuit
boards (PCBs) for the quickturn and prototype markets, Sunstone Circuits is dedicated
to improving the PCB prototyping process from quote to delivery (Q2D™) and providing
its customers with support 24/7/365. Sunstone Circuits’ online services and software
include PCBpro PCBexpress and PCB123™.
For more information, please visit www.sunstone.com.
About CadSoft Computer
CadSoft (www.cadsoftusa.com)
has been in the electronics CAD market for almost twenty years. CadSoft’s schematic
and PCB layout package, EAGLE, has been Europe's most successful PCB software package
for over 15 years. EAGLE is a 3-time winner of the "product of the year award",
elected by the readers of the leading German electronics magazine. EAGLE became
very successful in the United States and North America as well, with about 50% of
their business coming from CadSoft USA.
Trademarks
Q2D™ and PCB123™ are trademarked by Sunstone Circuits
EAGLE and CadSoft are trademarked by CadSoft Computer, Inc., USA, and CadSoft Computer
GmbH, Germany.
