AltiumLive 2017:ANNUAL PCBDESIGN SUMMIT

Ed WeaverLifecycleManagement

San Diego, CAOctober 2017

Goals

• Background

• Designed schematics

• Created layouts

• Build PCB Assemblies

• Designed System

• Test Prototypes

• Sustained prior products

• Lifecycle management made life easier

Steps to Production

• Typical Design Process

• Design Circuits

• Bench Test

• Design Layout

• Bench Test

• Finalize for Production

• Challenges

• Communicate only Good Designs

• Resolve Production issues before full run

• Give team ability to identify Bad Designs

Key Conventions

• Key to good communication

• Every unique design has a unique name

• Names at a glance must identify the item

• Identifying the number of unique design

items are key

Defining Items in a PCB Assembly

• PCB Assembly

• Printed Circuit Board

• PCA Component

• Printed Circuit Board

• No unique items

• PCA Component

• 2 unique items

Defining Items in a PCB Assembly

• PCA Component

• Schematic Symbol

• Footprint

• Schematic Symbol

• No unique items

• Footprint

• No unique items

• Five unique Items

What can create revision?

• Each design of an item has a revision

• PCB Assembly

• Bill of Materials

• Assembly Instructions

• Printed Circuit Boards

• Artwork

• PCA Component

• Manufacturer Part Number

• Component Parameters

• Schematic Symbols

• Symbol Artwork

• Symbol Parameters

• Footprints

• Pad

• Silkscreen

• Footprint Artwork

• Footprint Parameter

Revision Naming Scheme

• Every Item must have a unique name

• Item Type

• Unique Identifier

• Revision

• Based off of ASME Y14.35

• Upper case letters used in a sequence

• Begin with A (differs from standard)

• Omit letters “I”,”O”,”Q”,”S”,”X” & “Z”

PAS-######-REV

CMP-######-REV

PCC-######-REVSYM-######-REV

PBL-######-REV

Defining Lifecycles

• Each unique design has it’s own Lifecycle

• Three Stages of an item Lifecycle

• Stage 1 – Development

• Item is built and tested

• Stage 2 – Pre-Production

• Item build is monitored

• Stage 3 – Production

• Item is no longer monitored

• States within the Stages

• Flow of Design from Stage to Stage

• Constant for identical items

• Can be different for different items

Development ProductionPre-Production

Phased Out

Released

Deprecated

Model

Ready for

Product ion

Deprecate

Model

Recover

Deprecated

Model

Phase-Out

Model

Recover

Model

Schematic Symbol

ReviewDesign

AbandonRevision

Abandon

After ReviewRecover

Schematic Symbol Lifecycle

• Development States

• Review Design

• Abandon Revision

• Pre-Production States

• Phased Out

• Pre-Production States

• Released

• Deprecated

Development ProductionPre-Production

Review ofPrototype

Revisionnot to be

Manufactured

ActiveProduction

Deprecated

Model

Ready for

Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Deficiency

Model

Ready for

Product ion

Deprecate

Model

Recover

Deprecated

Model

Abandon

Model

Model has been

Remanufactured

Footprint

ReviewDesign

AbandonRevision

Abandon

After ReviewRecover

Footprint Lifecycle

• Development States

• Review Design

• Abandon Revision

• Pre-Production States

• Review of Prototype

• Revision not to be Manufactured

• Production States

• Active Production

• Deprecated

Development ProductionPre-Production

Review of Prototype

AbandonActive

Production

Obsolete Deprecated

Prototype

has been

Manufactured

Design has

Manufacturing

Deficiency

Part

Ready for

Product ion

Deprecate

Product ion

Part

Recover

Deprecated

Part

Obsolete

Product ion

Part

Recover

Obsolete

Part

Prototype

has been

Remanufactured

PCA Component

ReviewDesign

AbandonRevision

Abandon

After ReviewRecover

PCA Component Lifecycle

• Development States

• Review Design

• Abandon Revision

• Pre-Production States

• Review of Prototype

• Abandon

• Obsolete

• Production States

• Active Production

• Deprecated

Development ProductionPre-Production

AbandonRevision

ReviewDesign

Review ofFirst Run PCB

Revisionnot to be

Manufactured

ActiveProduction

Abandon

After ReviewRecover

Prototype

has been

Manufactured

Design has

Manufacturing

Deficiency

PCB

Ready for

Product ionPrototype

has been

Remanufactured

Printed Circuit Board

Production HoldPCB

Placed in

Hold

Recover

PCB

Abandon

Product ion

PCB

Printed Circuit Board Lifecycle

• Development States

• Review Design

• Abandon Revision

• Pre-Production States

• Review of First Run PCB

• Revision not to be Manufactured

• Production Hold

• Production States

• Active Production

Development ProductionPre-Production

ReviewDesign

Review Assembly

Revisionnot to be

Manufactured

ActiveProduction

Obsolete Deprecated

Prototype

has been

Manufactured

Design has

Manufacturing

Deficiency

Assembly

Ready for

Production

Deprecate

Product ion

Assembly

Recover

Deprecated

Assembly

Obsolete

Product ion

Assembly

Recover

Obsolete

Assembly

Prototype

has been

Remanufactured

PCB Assembly

Production HoldAssembly

Placed in

Hold

Recover

AssemblyObsolete

Product ion

Assembly

AbandonRevision

Abandon

After ReviewRecover

PCB Assembly Lifecycle

• Development States

• Review Design

• Abandon Revision

• Pre-Production States

• Review Assembly

• Revision not to be Manufactured

• Production Hold

• Obsolete

• Production States

• Active Production

• Deprecated

• Altium Vault items have

• Life cycle

• Revision Tracking

• Revision naming scheme

• Hierarchy relationship

Vault Features

• Symbol Changes

• Bad Footprints

• BOM Updates

• Obsolete Parts

Elements Improved

Thanks for your Attention!

Questions?