The new WEBENCH Compensation Designer tool predicts and automatically corrects errors in the control loop resulting in a stable power-supply design. One of the pitfalls of power supply design is an unstable control loop. Now engineers can quickly find solutions to accurately match their advanced design requirements. New advanced options in WEBENCH Visualizer include a set of easy-to-use controls to specify complex design requirements, such as manufacturability, component constraints and design control. While still simple to use by both novices or time-pressed engineers to quickly create, optimize and simulate a design, these three new advanced WEBENCH tools offer experienced power-supply design engineers extensive control over complex designs, along with the ease of exporting simulations to computer-aided design (CAD) platforms from Altium and Cadence Design Systems Inc.Ĭrafting a power-supply solution for complex design requirements is an iterative and time-consuming task. For more information, visit You can also follow and engage with Altium via Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.TI’s cost-free WEBENCH tools have simplified and accelerated the design process for more than 325,000 engineers worldwide since 1999. With this unique range of technologies Altium enables electronics designers to innovate, harness the latest devices and technologies, manage their projects across broad design ‘ecosystems’, and create connected, intelligent products.įounded in 1985, Altium has offices worldwide, with US locations in San Diego and Boston, European locations in Karlsruhe, Amersfoort and Kiev and Asia-Pacific locations in Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney.
Altium’s embedded software compilers are used around the globe by carmakers and the world’s largest automotive Tier-1 suppliers. “The combination of these tools allows the engineer to seamlessly incorporate optimized power supply designs into a larger circuit in a matter of minutes.”Īltium Limited (ASX: ALU) is an Australian multinational software corporation that focuses on 3D PCB design, electronics design and embedded system development software.Īltium Designer, a unified electronics design environment links all aspects of smart systems design in a single application that is priced as affordable as possible. “By bringing TI’s WEBENCH Power Designer and Architect tools together with Altium’s native 3D PCB design tools, the engineer can now create and simulate a complete analog circuit design from within the Altium environment,” said Jeff Perry, WEBENCH design manager at Texas Instruments. “With the addition of WEBENCH Altium Connector, engineers now have access to the industry’s most complete and powerful end-to-end analog circuit design creation and simulation environment to help speed product development time and reduce overall costs.” “For almost 30 years, we have remained focused on delivering next-generation electronics design tools that help designers innovate, while still meeting their core business objectives,” stated Jason Hingston, CTO at Altium.
The offline WEBENCH simulation engine can be used to simulate any analog circuit created in Altium Designer. The power supply design can be easily created in WEBENCH, and exported and simulated offline inside Altium Designer, giving engineers the opportunity to further customize and integrate the design into a larger circuit. By downloading WEBENCH® Altium Connector, design engineers are able to create a custom WEBENCH power supply from within the Altium Designer platform. The new WEBENCH® Altium Connector is a seamless interface between Altium Designer and TI’s online WEBENCH® Power Designer. This powerful platform provides design engineers with the first end-to-end analog circuit design and simulation environment, including everything from creating the power supply and simulating the complete circuit to creating the printed circuit board (PCB) layout. Sydney, Australia – June 5, 2014 – Altium Limited, a global leader in Smart System Design Automation, 3D PCB design ( Altium Designer) and embedded software development ( TASKING) ) today introduced WEBENCH® Altium Connector, a collaborative effort between Altium and Texas Instruments (TI) to blend TI’s award-winning WEBENCH power design and simulation tools with Altium’s leading EDA tool suite Altium Designer.