Pulsonix :: Learning Guides

Pulsonix Documentation

If you have already installed Pulsonix, you should find some or all of these documents already on your system, in a 'Documents' folder where Pulsonix was installed. You can also access these documents from inside Pulsonix, by selecting 'Help' then 'Online Manuals'.

Advanced Technology
Database Connection
Database Connection Evaluation
Evaluation Guide
High Speed Users Guide
Import Guides
Library Toolkit
Network Licensing
Spice Device Reference
Spice Evaluation
Spice Users Guide
Startup Notes
Latest version Update Notes
Previous Update Notes
Users Guide

Pulsonix SCM/PCB Evaluation Guide

acro Evaluation Guide (1.4 Mb)

This guide giving you a brief introduction to Pulsonix to get you started. It covers the main topics you will probably want to know when starting off:

Installing and starting the software
An overview of the design process
An introduction to the user interface
Creating a schematic drawing
Moving from schematic to PCB
Placing components
Routing the board
Output to manufacture

Pulsonix SCM/PCB Users Guide

acro Users Guide (7.8 Mb)

This is the most up-to-date version of the manual. This is a comprehensive guide to the whole Pulsonix application, and runs to over 500 pages. Like the Evaluation Guide, it follows the general 'design flow' from installation to Schematic capture, PCB layout and through to manufacturing, but each topic is covered in far greater detail. Step-by-step procedures guide you through using many of the programs features. This guide is supplied as a printed manual in a professional ring binder with the Pulsonix PCB product.

Getting started
General utilities
Setting up
Schematic capture
PCB editing
Manufacturing outputs
Reports and lists
Importing data
Library management

Pulsonix Advanced Technology Users Guide

acro Advanced Technology Users Guide (1.4 Mb)

This is a supplement to the main Users Guide, detailing the features in the Advanced Technology add-on package.

Microvias
Flexi-rigid boards
Board cavities
Embedded Component Technology
Chip-on-board

Pulsonix Interactive High Speed Users Guide

acro Interactive High Speed Users Guide (1.1 Mb)

This is a supplement to the main Users Guide, detailing the features in the Interactive High Speed add-on package.

Differential Pair Routing
Interactive High Speed
Constraint Rules
Daisy-chain routing
Net Length indicators
Serpentine routing
Spiral tracks and shapes
Square-ended tracks and chamfered corners

Pulsonix Database Connection Users Guide

acro Database Connection Users Guide (755 Kb)

This is a Users Guide for the Database Connection, with full details on how to set up and use the various features.

Getting Started
Setup and Configuration
Adding Components
Maintaining Designs
Reporting
Managing Library Data

Pulsonix Database Connection Evaluation Guide

acro Database Connection Evaluation Guide (565 Kb)

This is an introductory guide to the Database Connection, with step-by-step instructions showing you how to use the basic operations.

Getting Started
Feature Overview
Adding Components
Checking Designs
Updating Designs

Pulsonix Import Guides

These guides provide additional information for users migrating from other systems.

OrCAD (637 Kb)
Protel (729 Kb)

Pulsonix Library Toolkit

acro Library Toolkit (515 Kb)

Technical documentation for the Pulsonix Library Toolkit option, including full descriptions of file syntax and working examples.

Pulsonix Network Licensing

acro Network Licensing (1.1 Mb)

A technical guide to installing, configuring and using the Pulsonix Network Licensing features.

Pulsonix Spice Evaluation Guide

acro Evaluation Guide (633 Kb)

This guide giving you a brief introduction to the Pulsonix Spice simulator. It runs through two working examples to guide you through using the simulator:

An introduction to Simulators and why you should use them
Loading a schematic and simulating it
Making modifications to the schematic to refine the simulation results
Simulating a second, more advanced schematic
Using the more advanced tools available
Adding 3rd party models

Pulsonix Spice Users Guide

acro Users Guide (2.9 Mb)

The Pulsonix Spice manual is a comprehensive guide to the Pulsonix Spice application, and is supplied as a printed paper manual in a 3 ring binder when you buy the product. This guide covers the setup of the schematic design, the simulator dialogs and interface in Pulsonix and the simulator itself.

Getting started
Circuit definition
Device library and model management
Analysis modes
Graphs and probes
Command shell
Using the simulator

Pulsonix Spice Device Reference Manual

acro Reference Manual (1.3 Mb)

This manual is supplied as a supplementary reference to the Users Guide, and describes in detail all the analog and digital devices used in Pulsonix Spice.