OMAP-L138 schematic symbol in Altium

Hello - I am trying to import version A6 into Altium and am experiencing the same problem - is it possible to save the OrCAD schematic in version 7.2? Also could you please save the design using the .ALS format as this format is required for Altium to convert the physical data. Many thanks - regards Andy

Andy

Attached is version A6 being save in OrCad version 7.2 format which you should able to import into Altium. I can't seem to find a way to save it in .ALS format.

Thanks

David

Hi David, Many thanks - I have looked into this in more detail and Altium requires a .alg file (not .als - sorry a typo) which is created by running a script on the .brd file - would this be possible to do? Regards Andy

Andy

You are looking for the layout file to be imported into Altium, attached is the coverted file.

Thanks

David

Hi David,

Many thanks - this has imported successfully - many thanks

Sorry to be a pain but are there gerebers available as some of the components have odd pad shapes that short with other pads, and some have ben translated at odd angles etc and I would like to check these. Once again many thanks for your support.

Regards

Andy

Andy

Yes, Gerber file is available under here: http://www.ti.com/tool/tmdxlcdk138.

Thanks

David

Hi David,

Once again many thanks for all your help - our requirements have changed a little - is it possible that you have both the schematic and layout in PSDs and PADS Logic format?

Many thanks

Regards

Andy

Andy

There is no direct way to do the conversion from Allegro to Pads. Mentor does not offer a translator for that conversion, and Cadence does not export to a compatible format.

It is possible to import Allegro files into the newest version of Altium Designer. Mentor does offer a translator that can go from Altium Designer to Pads. So, one method would be to import the Allegro design to Altium Designer Summer 08 version, save it, then translate that into Pads format. The Altium importer is outstanding, so the result should be pretty good.

Another way is to use Mentor's CAMCAD translator. I heard the result is not that good, but it does work.

Still another method is to install Valor's ODB++ addon for Allegro, save an ODB++ version of the Allegro file, load it into CAM350, and then save a PADS file. It does a passable job, but not as good as using Altium Designer. For this one, I can save ODB++version, but then someone has to take it into CAM350 and convert it.

Let me know how you want to proceed on this one.

Thanks

David