Test & Measurement
Polar Instruments introduced standalone automated generator for impedance control and lossy-line PCB coupons
Polar Instruments announced the first standalone automatic generator for impedance control and lossy line PCB test coupons. CGen 2010 builds on the proven technology of Polar’s Speedstack coupon generator but adds the flexibility to directly import coupon data from manually created or scripted XML files as well as from industry-standard layer stack-up tools and Polar Instruments’ impedence control and lossy-line field solvers. CGen is the first coupon generator to automate the creation of lossy-line coupons for the emerging class of PCB trace attenuation test methods.
MartA number of new features allow CGen 2010 to speed and simplify the coupon generation process:
real-time editing of the coupon, complete with error-flagging and automatic change tracking, allows users to add, remove and replace an unlimited number of layers to trial different criteria before selecting the optimum build. CGen 2010 provides control over copper pours and fills as well as dynamic adjustment of copper thieving and automatically engineers the interconnects for test probes chosen from a range of industry-standard footprints. CGen 2010 automatically generates Gerber RS274X and NC drill files for the coupon and can export them to industry-standard CAD/CAM software used for the panelisation process.