Hi, I wondered if anyone knows if there are PCB packages which support hierarchical hardware design. For example, everytime I do an FPGA design, I use my favourite switching PSU circuit. The routing has been honed to perfection! Sadly, I can't easily just cut and paste this into my new design, as the Mental, sorry Mentor, PowerPCB tools complain about reference designations, net names and the like being different. What I want is to be able to instantiate my pre-placed and routed PSU into each new design. So, does anyone know of a tool which allows this? Our PowerPCB package sort of supports macro reuse, but in a horrible circuitous fashion. Cheers, Syms.
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19 years ago