Zuken Launches Circuit Adviser for Diagnostics at the Schematic Design Stage

September, 6th 2005 Munich, Germany and Westford, MA, USA --  Zuken, the engineering consulting company has launched Circuit Adviser to the western market for systematically checking errors in a schematic; helping identify design problems early in the development cycle for improving quality and eliminating the requirement to re-run design cycles.

Circuit Adviser is a module created to find hidden electrical problems in the schematic design held within CR-5000 System Designer using predefined electrical rules set by the library administrator. A task that would ordinarily involve considerable analysis time using SPICE-based simulators, can now be performed effortlessly using simple automatic rule checks.

This module is an add-on solution that is fully integrated with the CR-5000 enterprise wide design environment. By implementing combined technologies that use a singular database throughout the portfolio, designers can benefit from the advantages of unified design information.

Circuit Adviser can perform eight different electrical rule checks including voltage rating and ground supply polarity. It supports verification of design variants and provides a full quality rule check report. Expensive call-back actions caused by simple errors such as incorrect polarity or voltage ranges will be eliminated. This tool provides a methodical form of increasing quality, particularly important for companies adopting the six sigma approach.

Circuit Adviser is available from $4,000/ 4,900.

About Zuken

Establised in 1976, Zuken has evolved into a provider of solutions that maximize the efficiency of the design and manufacturing processes of electronics companies around the world. Zuken holds a leading global share of the PCB/MCM/HIC software market in the field of electronic design automation (EDA). In addition to its longstanding experience as a provider of innovative solutions for PCB design, Zuken's expanded portfolio encompasses proven solutions for the development of information technology (IT) infrastructures. Listed on Level 1 of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the company is headquartered in Japan and has development, sales and support centers in 10 countries including the US, Germany, UK and France. Zuken's customers include the world's top 30 electronics manufacturers from automotive to aerospace, communications to consumer electronics, and medical to military. 

www.zuken.com

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