Can anyone give recommendations for PCB programs for high speed digital design? By high speed I mean up to 10Gbps, though relatively simple boards. I've done 6Gbps in Eagle and it worked, but there was no way to verify the performance without fabbing the board and measuring it.
It looks like we have some options of:
- Cadence Allegro Design Authoring, Allegro PCB Designer, Allegro SI/PI, etc
- Cadence Allegro Designer CIS (OrCAD Capture CIS), Allegro PCB Designer, Allegro SI/PI, etc
- Mentor (Expedition, HyperLynx)
(Hope those are the right tools, the vendors have rather too many that are similarly-named)
Any suggestions for which to look at? This isn't a full time activity, so a tool which is easy(ier) to pick up as you go along without years of training would be handy. Cost is not an issue (academic licensing).
Thanks Theo