Initially, the idea of autorouting sounds great. A machine that routes your board perfectly for you? Wouldn’t that be amazing? Unfortunately, early autorouters were far from perfect. Initially, the ...

If you lay out PC boards using software, it is a good bet you have an opinion about autorouters. Some people won’t use a package that can’t automatically route traces. Others won’t accept a machine ...

Ah, the autorouter. Inside every PCB design tool, there’s a function called the ‘autorouter’. This function, when used correctly, is able to automagically lay traces between pads, producing a perfect ...

The SPECCTRA autorouter was constructed on a new shape-based technology conceived by Cooper and Chyan, and quickly became the industry standard for routing high-speed PCBs. This website uses cookies ...

Mentor Graphics has introduced a tool that allows critical data paths to be autorouted. “We have been trying to get an autorouter to think like a design engineer: to recognise patterns and see the ...