MARLUG 2004 Proceedings

Listed below are papers and presentation from the 2004 MARLUG annual conference, with links to each document.

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FPGA

Implementing Rule Checking Early in the Design Cycle to Reduce Design Iterations and Verification Time
Dominic Lucido, Mentor Graphics          Presentation

Integrated System Design: A Focus on FPGA I/O Design
Bruce Riggins, Mentor Graphics          Presentation

FPGA/PCB

Verifying Actel Paths using Microsoft Excel
Marcum Nance, Johns Hopkins Univ - Applied Physics Lab          Presentation

A Printed Circuit Board Design with HDL Designer
Tom Winkert, Teresa LaFourcade, NASA          Presentation          Paper

General

Adding a Graphical User Interface to Windows K-Shell Scripts
Clint Cote, GE Fanuc          Paper

Real-Life LMS to DMS Migration: Rubber Meets the Road
Jack Harrity, Johns Hopkins Univ - Applied Physics Lab          Presentation

Library Component Data Obsolescence Management, Meet & Exceed Product Lifecycles
Ahmed Khan, Precience          Presentation          Paper

Ideas to Simplify a Remote Xserver Environment
Nick DeMatt and Phil Lindberg, Johns Hopkins Univ - Applied Physics Lab          Presentation          Paper

General PCB

Schematic Re-use 101 using Managed Hierarchy
Joe Kwiatek, Lucent          Presentation

Xtreme PCB - New PCB Design Solution
Dean Wiltshire, Mentor Graphics          Presentation

High Speed

A Signal Integrity Simulation Case Study on Space Flight Hardware Prototypes
Shahana Aziz, Northrop Grumman          Presentation

Real World Termination Dilemmas and solutions
Jeff Cohen, Lucent Technologies          Presentation          Paper

Using Innovative Tool Capabilities in ICX to Your Advantage
Andrea Fox, Kelly Freuler, Steve Baker, Mentor Graphics          Presentation

Using Hyperlynx to Reduce Risk in Hi-Speed Designs
Alex Golian, Northrop Grumman          Presentation

Checking Vendor IBIS Models Using Hyperlynx Visual IBIS Editor
Duane Limbacher, Northrop Grumman          Presentation

PADS

Using PADS Router in a PCB Design Flow
Dave Cousineau, Atlantic EDA Solutions          Presentation    

PADS Router Basics
Mark Gallant, Mentor Graphics          Presentation

Using PowerPCB to Drive SMT Assembly
Robert Kondner, Index Designs          Presentation          Paper

PCB

Fix EMI Problems using Quiet Expert
Ken Biermann, Mentor Graphics Corporation          Presentation

Dissection and Execution of Automation Scripting for ExpeditionPCB
Terry Lovell, Mentor Graphics Corporation        Presentation          VBS Files

For the demonstration VBS scripts referenced above to execute correctly, they must be run on a system with a licensed ExpeditionPCB and Automation environment, while an ExpeditionPCB design file is open.

Terry Lovell's material also includes:    Animation (Real Player required)      Model Plot    PointsArray

Supermax ECAD
Mike Orcheski, Mentor Graphics          Presentation

PCB Design-for-Test

Boundary Scan Design for Test
Steve Lee, JTAG Technologies          Presentation

Simulation

Design of a Mixed Signal Multiplier
Gregory Weaver, Johns Hopkins Univ - Applied Physics Lab          Presentation

Verification

PSL What Is It, And How To Leverage It Today
Raghu Ardeishar, Mentor Graphics          Presentation

Tips and Tricks for Debugging ModelSim Issues
Alex Gran, Mentor Graphics          Presentation

Reducing HDL Design Verification Time Through The Use of Assertions and 3rd Party Simulation Models
Mary Harris, Johns Hopkins Univ - Applied Physics Lab          Presentation

Accelerating Verification Through Pre-Use of System Level
Jim Lewis, SynthWorks Design Inc.          Presentation

VHDL-200X: New Features Being Standardized
Jim Lewis, SynthWorks Design Inc.          Presentation