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.

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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10. Signal Chain Designer BETA
Discover in Context, Select with Confidence

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

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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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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/
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engineering tools
www.analog.com/tools