Xpedition EDM facilitates design reuse through enterprise-wide data management of reusable circuit blocks (managed blocks) from both the library and design perspectives. Reusable circuit blocks provide teams with an efficient process to leverage a library of 'certified' circuitry during new PCB development.
There are two types of managed blocks:
Self-managed blocks
The self-managed flow supports basic data management and sharing without EDM design reuse tools integration. The self-managed block design methodology provides engineers and designers with control of block circuitry creation, development and deployment to library clients for use in new designs without the rigidity of a formal process. Self-managed blocks do not use a formal centralized library management system.
Enterprise-managed blocks
The enterprise flow supports formal design data management and sharing using the Xpedition EDM tool suite to control and propagate reusable circuit blocks to production library caches.
The enterprise-managed block design methodology uses the Xpedition EDM tool suite for data management of the block, source design, and library objects. Schematic capture and layout tools launched from the EDM suite manage block design creation, development, deployment, and change orders in a tightly integrated system.
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