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ToDo

Joined: 05 Aug 2004
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10 Aug 2004 8:39 dxp 2004 service pack

Hi all, is somewhere available update from DXP to 2004?

pisoiu

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10 Aug 2004 8:45 altera 2004 dxp librare

Try to search at h**p://www.altium.com , maybe they can help you.

/pisoiu

Git

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10 Aug 2004 12:48 Re: P*otel 2004 update?

Service Pack 1 is available.

http://www.altium.com/downloads/2004SP1/default.asp

Also, keep an eye on the libraries, as they do get updated. Those updated withing the last month are marked and they all have an issue date.

http://www.altium.com/libraries/IntLib_list.asp

Git

House_Cat

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10 Aug 2004 18:05 Re: P*otel 2004 update?

You have to contact Pr0tel to get the update from DXP to Pr0tel 2004. They are two different products. There is no downloadable service pack or upgrade patch to make DXP into Pr0tel 2004.

If you have a legal copy of DXP, Pr0tel will send you a free upgrade to the new software.

Frosty

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10 Aug 2004 21:08 Re: P*otel 2004 update?

Every license holder of Protel DXP is ENTITLED to a FREE upgrade to Protel DXP2004.

All you have to do is call the Altium sales offfice nearest to you and quote your Customer number and license code and they will arrange the upgrade CD to be sent to you and a new license file.

DXP2004 is a different product to DXP and has a completely different license system. There is no 'upgrade pack'

As Git mentioned above, service pack 1 for Protel DXP2004 is available which fixes a few really annoying things but it still fails to be user freindly.

However be careful with the Altium footprint libraries, they are not compliant to new IPC 3 tier library specifications adn not very usefull depoending on design density but a new footprint library will be available from www.pcblibraries.com very soon (same footprint library as used by Mentor/Pads products).

:R

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SPATAN

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17 Aug 2004 6:49 Re: P*otel 2004 update?

It can design cpld or fpga ?

Frosty

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17 Aug 2004 19:03 Re: P*otel 2004 update?

if you want to design FPGA CPLD from system level then DXP does some of this and has some free IP (but you need nexar license for to activate these features, DXP does not incude the cores)

But if you can work well in pure VHDL and/or Verilog, then DXP will not be of any productive use to you.

the CPLD/FPGA features in DXP is only to tempt PCB designers into the FPGA world, it does not do it very well, or at least not as good as other tools.

Its just smoke and mirrors as you need to install Altera tools and Xilinx web tools to synth/place/route/optimise and so on, DXP is only design entry (and not a good one either)

:R