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Parallel Link Designer

Analyze PCB designs for parallel link applications

Since R2021b

Description

The Parallel Link Designer analyzes PCB designs for parallel link applications for both pre-layout and post-layout simulations. To perform post-layout analysis, you need a license for RF PCB Toolbox™.

Using pre-layout analysis, you can determine system-level noise and timing margins from integrated signal integrity, waveform, timing, and crosstalk analysis. The pre-layout analysis environment generates design guidelines for your board layouts, package layouts, connectors, and cabling. The post layout environment verifies the actual layout against the design guidelines.

Note

Signal Integrity Toolbox™ recommends you to set the Java Heap Memory to at least 8192 MB when using the Parallel Link Designer app.

Parallel Link Designer canvas

Open the Parallel Link Designer App

  • MATLAB® Toolstrip: In the Apps tab, under Signal Processing and Communications, click the app icon.

  • MATLAB command prompt: Enter parallelLinkDesigner.

Programmatic Use

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parallelLinkDesigner opens a new session of the Parallel Link Designer app, enabling you to design and analyze a parallel link.

parallelLinkDesigner(path/file.edk) opens the interface designed by the file.

parallelLinkDesigner(file.script) runs a script file and returns the app process handle.

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Tips

  • Signal Integrity Toolbox recommends you to set the Java Heap Memory to at least 8192MB. To access the setting, go to Home > Preferences > MATLAB > General > Java Heap Memory.

  • For scaling to work correctly, you need to use JAVA 9 or later.

Version History

Introduced in R2021b