Re: [PEDA] Defrag (was Antivirus Software Memory Issues)

for a large drive and modification/deletion of large DVD video files. Tim Hutcheson -Original Message- From: Matt Daggett [mailto:mdaggett;mcnc.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 9:03 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Defrag (was Antivirus Software Memory Issues) Defragmentation

Re: [PEDA] Antivirus Software Memory Issues

very messy when it does. A good example is the deadly embrace that can occur when an installer reboots your system but can't complete registry management because an AV program interfered. Sincerely, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 South

Re: [PEDA] 99SE, a DRC trap or just a dumb user?

A garbage man has more job security than an engineer, it seems... It's surprising. Their job is easier to plan, has a better human interface, mass storage is reliable, and so on... Sincerely, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 South Alcaniz

Re: [PEDA] [OT] memory testing and benchmarking - programs

to the CPU load and its very simple to use if you don't really care about the numbers.. Sincerely, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 South Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32501 - There are 10 types of people in the world

Re: [PEDA] BOM output in DXP is now fixed!

Got it now Rob. Thanks, I dropped into the middle of your thread and was confused. Sincerely, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 South Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32501 - There are 10 types of people in the world

Re: [PEDA] BOM output in DXP is now fixed!

did I miss something? What simple BOM generator? Sincerely, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 South Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32501 - There are 10 types of people in the world; those that read binary and those

Re: [PEDA] Altium....Are you guys crazy!!!

Yes, its terrible. I had to export the BOM to Excel and rebuild it using macros. Big nuisance, big hassle. Sincerely, Tim Hutcheson -Original Message- From: Rob Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 7:14 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [PEDA] Two copies of each message

Adeel, in addition to what JaMi said, if you are using Outlook and are moving the messages with a rule to folders make sure the rule says Move and Not Copy to the destination. Otherwise that might be a cause of seeing two messages. Sincerely, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine

Re: [PEDA] Template/s for computer motherboards??

http://www.formfactors.org/ Sincerely, Tim Hutcheson There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those that can read binary and those that can't. -- Anonymous -Original Message- From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday

Re: [PEDA] Best settings for polygon fill on signal layer?

people on earth who was ever able to enter the Hex loader for the HP2100 into the data switches from memory. So I really am a Hex kinda guy. And I could tell you what program was running by listening to the core memory sing (I was younger then). :) Sincerely, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human

[PEDA] Best settings for polygon fill on signal layer?

operations, etc? TIA Sincerely, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 South Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32501 - There are 10 types of people in the world; those that read binary and those that don't. -- Anonymous Poster

Re: [PEDA] Best settings for polygon fill on signal layer?

Thanks Brad. I thought the 45 degree might match up with the octagonal surrounds for the pads but if it isn't needed I'll change it. Thanks for the info. Sincerely, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 South Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32501

Re: [PEDA] OT - Complex boards and time to Layout?

Thanks, Dennis. W/o naming names of the 'bad' guys, whose the good guy? Sincerely, Tim Hutcheson There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those that can read binary and those that can't. -- Anonymous -Original Message- From: Dennis

Re: [PEDA] Straw Poll - 99SE crash stats my SFR = 0.0266

.. Have everybody name there services file by there own handle, mine would be thutches.csv for example. Then after they are all collected we can crunch them as a set. Any interest? Tim Hutcheson -Original Message- From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, September 07

Re: [PEDA] Bizzare and Repeatable

, Tim Hutcheson Research Associate Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32501 USA 805-202-4461 * Tracking #: 08E7A6DC5F792D4C86C9D8490B36B7D178EED37D

Re: [PEDA] Protel vs. DirectCD

did a very good job of the buffering and background overhead management. This is why it works so well with the high forground overhead of Protel 99SE. regards, Tim Hutcheson Research Associate Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32501

[PEDA] Tearing my hair out with DXP

that the technique of repeating channels on the circuit layout (assuming you route by hand) by simply copying the first one multiple times should still produce the same orderly incrementation of the designator in each channel. But I haven't verified this yet. .end - of - rant. regards, Tim

[PEDA] Simulating with load transfer function

ideas much appreciated. regards, Tim Hutcheson Research Associate Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32501 USA 805-202-4461 * Tracking

Re: [PEDA] Simulating with load transfer function

Thanks for both posts Rolf. I'll have a look. I'm no Spice expert but if some examples are there I can piece it together. regards, Tim Hutcheson Research Associate Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32501 USA 805-202-4461

Re: [PEDA] Complex 2 Simple

to simple should cause all of the line cards schematic sheets to suddenly appear indented in the navigator under the main sheet. Hope this helps a little because it was a little confusing the first time I did it too. Tim Hutcheson -Original Message- From: Jeff Stout [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [PEDA] Complex 2 Simple

, that's a little different than the way I use it. In fact it might be a subject for someone else who has done that to address. regards, Tim Hutcheson Research Associate Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32501 USA 805-202-4461

Re: [PEDA] Simulation of multi-channel (sub-sheet) layouts

that would be. So now I can work back in the other direction, hierachically to see what breaks it. Thanks for the info. regards, Tim Hutcheson Research Associate Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32501 USA 805-202-4461 -Original

Re: [PEDA] P99SE lockups

work. I know this is a vague off the top of head description but I hope it gets the general idea across. Tim Hutcheson. -Original Message- From: Katinka Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 6:48 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: [PEDA] P99SE lockups Hi all, I

Re: [PEDA] P99SE lockups

On 07:48 PM 11/08/2002 +0800, Katinka Mills said: Hi all, I am just starting to have problems with P99SE, I have a design, it is a simple 2 layer board, but it is having problems : #1 Auto Routing crashes protel on this design. (Access violation) #2 Routing one net at a time, causes

[PEDA] Simulation Question

SPICE fields. On the other hand CAPSEMI does but CAP doesn't (but RES does!). What 's going on and where the heck did I ever find the CAPACITOR simulation symbol that I used to use and where do I find an inductor that I can use. Help. Tim Hutcheson

Re: [PEDA] DXP Discussion

made 99SE largely unworkable (PLUTO effect and multichannel maintenance, etc). regards, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32503 805-202-4461 * Tracking

Re: [PEDA] results of performance problems

Bob, This looks like a part of one of the distributed computing apps like the Seti or United Device Cancer or Antrax project. Perhaps you had been a participant at one time in something like that? regards, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL

Re: [PEDA] Graphics Cards

program (Autosketch 2.1) which I am sort of fond of, also seems to be working perfectly now under Win2000 whereas before it didn't. It sort of perked up my old 400 Mhz p2 system a bit. Who would have thought that! regards, Tim Hutcheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From

Re: [PEDA] Surprising performance increase with protel..

) Their demo lasts for 30 days by the way, long enough to establish a good configuration. regards, Tim Hutcheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Brian Guralnick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 6:49 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA

Re: [PEDA] Protel 99 se SP4 on Windows XP Home

be around six or seven years from now when you might need/want it. This might eat a GB of hard drive, but it will be worth it and it stays with the machine. regards, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32503 805-202-4461 -Original Message

Re: [PEDA] Protel 99 se SP4 on Windows XP Home

hardware is now hands free, just plug it in and the OS takes care of it transparently (for the most part). Don't have XP myself but that is what I observed on another system. regards, Tim Hutcheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Don Ingram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [PEDA] Warping on small odd layer boards.

for the best impedance match. Thanks in advance. Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL. 32503 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http

Re: [PEDA] Warping on small odd layer boards.

learn more, - programming it sort of forces me to get it right, even when other tools are available. But this group has been invaluable for sorting out the practical aspects of PCB design and none of the books seem to do that very well. Thanks Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition

Re: [PEDA] tenting vias

What about the issue of whether to use a solder mask around the BGA ball land patterns? I though I read somewhere that there are pros and cons about this as it might cause ball breakdown during placement. If so, what would be the correct SM diameter to use with a 25-mil ball land? Tim

[PEDA] Warping on small odd layer boards.

an 8-layer board would thin the layers and upset the impedance and a 6-layer board adds impedance calculation problems and more layout issues. Do vendors even build odd layer boards? regards, Tim Hutcheson * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto

Re: [PEDA] Warping on small odd layer boards.

Re: [PEDA] Warping on small odd layer boards.

I'm learning, thanks. I have only just gotten to the point of trying to understand how the layers are put together. And it is real easy to miss the practical details. Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL. 32503

Re: [PEDA] Warping on small odd layer boards.

fabrication (maybe not high end anymore) - 5/5 traces, FR4 material, PCI reflected wave terminations, BGA's, but no blind or buried vias and no via under pads, etc Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL. 32503

Re: [PEDA] Warping on small odd layer boards.

Indeed. But we can only do the calculations for what we have control of, so that we are in the center of the remaining variance window that we don't have any/much control of unless we go to expensive processes. Just getting in the center has been enough challenge for me. :o) regards, Tim

[PEDA] 5/5 Manufacturing Issues

as calculations go... ;-) My design is for 66/100/133 mhz operation. Thanks in advance. regards, Tim Hutcheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com

Re: [PEDA] 5/5 Manufacturing Issues

with this to be sure. Hence my question. The board is 4-layer with each signal layer referenced to a plane. Thanks for the +/- 10 percent data, that will be helpful in deciding about the actual material to use. regards, Tim Hutcheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Mike Reagan

Re: [PEDA] 5/5 Manufacturing Issues

: [PEDA] 5/5 Manufacturing Issues Tim Hutcheson wrote: Hi, Steve. This design is source terminated, that is, it absorbs the reflections at the source, which is 50 ohms. The resistors only match any residual difference between the source and the line impedance. So if I can get that close

Re: [PEDA] 5/5 Manufacturing Issues

absorbs 5/6, and the resistors absorbs the remaining 1/10 ? Bogus! ;-) But seriously: I haven't read what the authors said, so I can't comment on the validity of it. Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com - Original Message - From: Tim Hutcheson [EMAIL

Re: [PEDA] 5/5 Manufacturing Issues

The loads are high impedance, for design purposes they are purely reflective. That is inherent in the reflective wave approach because it eleiminates switching power being consumed at the load. Tim -Original Message- From: Brian Guralnick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August

Re: [PEDA] 5/5 Manufacturing Issues

Yes, the reference design is a large board with all possible associated components demonstrated and long traces of course. Trise is 2 nsec., (Tprop=138ps/in)., Lcrit=2.4 inches regards, Tim Hutcheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jon Elson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

[PEDA] Strange Floating License Lock

never saw it scan for the license before this. regards, Tim Hutcheson IHMC * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * - or email

[PEDA] Duplicating pieces of a layout

, that is, no _1 suffixes. The motivation is to create a synchronizable match between the PCB and SCH layouts which can then be renumbered. So how does one do this correctly? regards, Tim Hutcheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post

Re: [PEDA] Duplicating pieces of a layout

in the .net file yet. :o( Just a matter of time...and time...and time. regards, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32503 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 32491889 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto

Re: [PEDA] Duplicating pieces of a layout

, I don't see the second CPU in the list - that is, the original CPU is U2 and I see that defined and references to it. But there is no U2_1 or such created in the netlist. In fact it seems to not know that the new duplicate sheet exists. regards, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine

Re: [PEDA] Duplicating pieces of a layout

it. Surely this isn't what they meant me to do, is it? regards, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition 40 S. Alcaniz St. Pensacola, FL 32503 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 32491889 -Original Message- From: Colby - PowerStream [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 12:44

[PEDA] Default text size for Autoplacer

for components manually placed on the board, but not the autoplaced components. regards, Tim Hutcheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com

Re: [PEDA] ClientBasic footprint generator.

am I probably falling victim some little momentary lapse from time to time? But it isn't very clear what that would be. regards, Tim Hutcheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 7:22 PM To: Protel

[PEDA] Relative dielectric constant versus effective dielectric.

for doing this, BTW). Is this simply because Td is a function of the field, which is partly in air while the characteristic impedance is not? Maybe I am answering my own question but would like some feedback. Tnx in advance. regards, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition 40 S

Re: [PEDA] [PROTEL EDA USERS]: System Monitor

by a 16-bit word offset. That's one of the big improvements of Win2000 - no more limited system resource problems. Tim Hutcheson * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This message sent by: PROTEL EDA USERS MAILING LIST * * Use the reply command in your email program

Re: [PEDA] [PROTEL EDA USERS]: Anyone there?

PVDTS -- (Post Valentines Day Traumatic Syndrome). regards, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition 40 S. Alcaniz ST. Pensacola, FL 32503 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This message sent by: PROTEL EDA USERS MAILING LIST

Re: [PEDA] [PROTEL EDA USERS]: auto router went on strike and will notroute anymore!

Gordon, My favorite, I'm sure, is when I first started with 99SE, I accidentally placed a circle or arc segment on a routing layer when I was marking some screw holes. That kills it for sure. It tied me up for days. Look for an arc somewhere... Tim Hutcheson

Re: [PEDA] Protel Port/Hierarchy Checker Program Available

Mike, I'd like to have the perl program. tnx regards, Tim Hutcheson Institute for Human and Machine Cognition 40 S. Alcaniz ST. Pensacola, FL 32503 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Mike Coward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 2:39 PM To: Protel EDA

Re: [PEDA] Protel 99 SE / SP5 ... dead ... won't run ... nightmare ...help

I think at this point you will have to bite the bullet, backup your registry, use regedit and find the keys in the registry that are Protel related and delete them. Sorry but I don't have a list of specifics but I think that's all you can do. regards, Tim Hutcheson ICQ #32491889