Valor Partners with Syncron Technologies

Keywords: Valor, Syncron Technology

At the PCB Design Conference West, Valor Computerized Systems announced a technology partnership with a newly launched design environment service provider, Syncron Technologies, to deliver the first automated footprint generation solution, through the Valor Parts Library (VPL) and Syncron's new Universal Design Network (UDN).

The Valor Parts Library is the industry's largest and most detailed source of physical-model data for electronic component packages, with more than 25 million parts modeled for support of all physical-design and manufacturing-related EDA processes. Syncron's Web-based software platform, the UDN, allows multiple engineering disciplines at remote locations to communicate and collaborate about all aspects of electronics design, including part selection, ECO implementation and design verification, all in an open, secure environment.

Valor and Syncron have teamed up to provide the industry's first automated CAD-footprint generation solution, producing footprints suitable for multiple third-party PCB layout tools. Through the VPL's unique advantage of being based on data models of the package and pin configurations, CAD/CAM-ready XML data-packets from the VPL can be delivered directly into Syncron's ASP-based UDN. Initial tests confirm that the combined solution brings a compelling payback based on direct cost savings of more than 50 per cent per footprint,with the added time-to-market benefit of cutting pre-layout library-creation time delays, which often lie on the critical time-to- market path.