Finding the right combination of parts to create a signal chain can be a complex and daunting task, due to time demands, unfamiliarity with various technology areas, and the enormous amount of unproven solutions scattered across the Web. Signal Chain Designer is an intelligent selection and design tool that accesses verified product combinations and applications circuits, which can be customized or newly created according to user specifications. The Signal Chain Designer experience is supported by direct access to online EE design tools, evaluation hardware, software, documentation, and ADI Circuits from the Lab® reference circuits.
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Signal Chain Designer: A New Way to Design Online - VE2013
1. Signal Chain Designer BETA and
Engineering Tools
George Clernon, Engineering Tools Manager, Wilmington, MA
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3. Today’s Agenda
ADI’s Vision for Online Customer Engagement
Introductions to Existing Engineering Tools
New and Innovative Engineering Tools—Three-Way Verification
Analog Filter Wizard™ BETA
Signal Chain Designer™ BETA
A new way to design online
Advanced solution selection and design environment
Access verified product combinations and applications circuits
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4. Product Selection and Solution Discovery
Verification at Every Step
Access from Sensor End
Access from Processor EndDirect Product Page Access
Customer’s
Design Challenge
Eased by
Signal Chain Designer
Collateral
eCommerce
HW Evaluation
Reference Circuits
Tools and Simulation
5. Introductions to Existing Engineering Tools
Over 70 Engineering Tools
Design calculators to behavioral modeling to DSP development
www.analog.com/tools
A Small Sample of Engineering Tools
ADIsimDDS
Direct Digital Synthesis Configuration Tool
ADIsimADC
Reproduce errors associated with both static and dynamic features,
including ac linearity and clock jitter
ADI Component Evaluator
Full-featured and free SPICE simulation environment
Quick Introduction to
ADIsimPower
6. ADIsimPower
ADIsimPower can optimize designs for cost, area, efficiency, and
parts count
ADIsimPower is a collection of downloadable Excel spreadsheets
that produce complete power designs optimized to your design
goals.
Outputs
Schematic
Bill of Materials
Performance Data
Eval Boards
http://designtools.analog.com/dtPowerWeb/dtPowerMain.aspx
7. New Engineering Tools—Three-Way Verification
Design tools are based on mathematical models of circuits and real
op amp performance
Design tools will generate a complete net list as an output
Design tools will have eval boards for each configuration
8. Analog Filter Wizard BETA
Design low-pass, high-pass, or band-pass filters with real amplifiers
Over 330 amplifiers available for selection
Simulate the filter’s performance with these amplifiers in real time
Optimize for power, noise, or voltage range
Examine the effects of resistor and capacitor tolerances on filter
performance
Save design on MyAnalog.com
Download the design, schematics, results to the user’s computer
Share with a colleague for review
Order an evaluation board to try it out on the bench
Custom BOM generated based on designed solution
9. Analog Filter Wizard BETA Demonstration
Design a band-pass filter
Set key performance values
Trade-off response against
number of stages
Optimize the design
Examine effect of component
tolerances on performance
Review filter schematic
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11. Advanced Product and Reference Design
Search and Selection
Access the complete product
portfolio of Analog Devices in
one place
Select parts within the context
of your signal chain
Wire up a block diagram to
provide a high level view of
your circuit
Filter parametric selection
tables to find the exact part you
want
Signal Chain Designer™
12. Signal Chain Designer™
Integrated Solutions
Spotlight on 200 Verified and Tested Circuits
Easily discover subsystem
reference designs
Expand an existing design
using one of 220 verified
and tested circuits
180 reference circuits
45 bench verified
amplifier/SAR ADC pairs
Quickly verify on the bench
by sampling or purchasing
the evaluation or reference
hardware
13. Signal Chain Designer™
Integration with Engineering Tools
New engineering tools
Analog Filter Wizard BETA
Modern, in-browser, easy to
use, yet powerful
Launch directly from Signal
Chain Designer BETA
Keep your signal chain and
design simulations in one
place
Links to existing engineering
tools
For example, ADIsimOpAmp
and ADIsimADC
14. Signal Chain Designer™
Support for Signal Chain Designer BETA
Support for Signal Chain
Designer is available by
Emailing the signal chain
designer team directly
scd@analog.com
Contacting the customer
interaction centers
Starting a discussion on the
SCD community on
EngineerZone™
ez.analog.com
15. Signal Chain Designer BETA Takeaways
Save, Download, and Share
Keep your signal chains,
simulation results, and
verification data in one place
on MyAnalog.com
Download the
documentation in one zip file
App notes, circuit notes, data
sheets, etc.
Collaborate with colleagues
and with ADI
Signal Chain Designer™
16. Signal Chain Designer BETA Takeaways
Bill of Materials and Buy Online
Generate a bill of materials
Product details, SKUs, and
pricing from key vendors
Verify on the bench
Sample or buy parts and
hardware directly from ADI
Signal Chain Designer™
17. Signal Chain Designer BETA
Accessible on www.analog.com
Home page
Product category pages
Product pages
Circuits from the Lab®
Parametric search tables
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18. Signal Chain Designer BETA Demonstration
Design a signal chain from the
ground up
Select amplifiers, ADCs
Add an active filter design stage
Explore a tilt measurement
reference circuit
Add isolation
Share the design with a
colleague
Download the design for review
offline
Save the design to
MyAnalog.com
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19. Signal Chain Designer Strengths Today
Signal Chain Building Tool
Start with the key components of your own design
Place your key components and complete the signal chains
Verify your selection through the additional content offered
Signal Chain Exploration
View the signal chains prepared by ADI
Complete your signal chain with additional elements
Download all the additional documentation available in one pack
20. Signal Chain Designer BETA Feedback
Win an Analog Discovery Kit
Take Signal Chain Designer for a test drive: www.analog.com/scd
Provide feedback by completing this online survey (hosted by SurveyMonkey)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X5RT63V - Take it at the demo booth
All participants who provide feedback will be eligible to win an Analog
Discovery Kit
Is there one feature that will make Signal Chain Designer awesome?
Tell us: scd@analog.com
Discuss it: ez.analog.com/community/signal-chain-designer
Tools steering group
Interested in signal chains and engineering tools?
Do you want to help set the direction of ADI’s tools?
Do you want to try out new features before anyone else?
Why not join the tools steering group
Email scd@analog.com to express your interest
21. Tweet it out! @ADI_News #ADIDC13
What We Covered
ADI’s vision for online customer engagement
Introductions to existing engineering tools
New and innovative engineering tools—three-way verification
Analog Filter Wizard BETA
Signal Chain Designer BETA
A new way to design online
Advanced solution selection and design environment
Access verified product combinations and applications circuits
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22. Tweet it out! @ADI_News #ADIDC13
Design Resources Covered in This Session
Design tools and resources:
Ask technical questions and exchange ideas online in our
EngineerZone Support Community
Choose a technology area from the homepage:
ez.analog.com
Access the Design Conference community here:
www.analog.com/DC13community
Access the Signal Chain Designer community here:
ez.analog.com/community/signal-chain-designer
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Name Description URL
Signal Chain
Designer
Product selection and
solution discovery
www.analog.com/signalchaindesigner
Analog Filter
Wizard
Active Filter Design
Wizard
www.analog.com/designtools/en/filterwizard/
All engineer tools Listing of all
engineering tools
www.analog.com/tools