Number One Systems’ commitment to the future

Another reason for the remarkable enthusiasm for Easy-PC isthe Number One Systems commitment to continualdevelopment and expansion of the product. Every year we offerour existing much valued customers a new version of theproduct at a reasonable upgrade price, including a package ofnew features and enhancements. Many of these are newdevelopments based on feedback from the many thousands ofcustomers using Easy-PC on a daily basis.Thus we ensure ourcustomer’s investment in software design tools are kept up-to-date and abreast of changes in technology.

What our customers say about Easy-PC -

“Each version has been an improvement on the last one, in my view it represents the best value for money on the market”- Custom Cameras Ltd., Mr R Harris“We never expected such a professional PCB system at this price”- CMS (UK) Ltd., Mr John Miles“Brilliant software.Very easy to use”- Malcolm Bell (London) Ltd., Mr M Bell“You have very good customer service, impressive”- AC/DC Lighting Systems, Mr John Gallagher“Easy-PC for Windows is an excellent program,I am extremely pleased with it”- Mr J Bence, Newbury, Berks, UK

Schematic Capture, PCB Layout, Libraries,Autorouting

World-beating value

Delivering performance in Schematic Capture and PCB Layoutnormally associated with products at ten or even twenty timesthe price, Easy-PC rightly deserves the accolade: “World-beating”.

Easy-PC has been created by a team of software professionalswith some 200 man years experience in development ofleading-edge Electronic Design Automation solutions.The teamhas rewritten the rule book for EDA tools designed for low tohigh complexity PCB layouts.

Easy-PC is packed with time saving features to make the task ofPCB design and layout so much quicker and more pleasureable.

Simple to learn and understand, yet packed withpowerful features

Easy-PC was designed to be quite simple to learn so that you,the customer, are productive within a few hours of practicewith the product. Frequently, new customers report they areproducing their first board within a few days of installing thesoftware - it really is that simple and intuitive!

Take a look at Easy-PC...

We’re sure you will be impressed!

Just a glance at the following pages will show immediately theextensive range of capability within this exciting product. Wehope to include you as a much valued customer in the nearfuture.

Fully Customisable InterfaceToolbars, the user interface and keyboard shortcut keys are all fully andeasily customisable in Easy-PC using oneWindows standard dialog.

Windows User InterfaceThe Easy-PC interface is a similarlayout to your Microsoft Officeapplications which makes it easy tolearn and with an instantly familiarfeel.

True-Type Fonts

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Access to all the fonts on your PC givesyour designs and prints an easier to readand more professional appearance.

Full Windows Operating System Support:Windows Vista, Windows 7 & 8

Easy-PCenables youto create SchematicSymbols, PCB footprints and Partssimply and efficiently.Easy-to-use wizards guide you step-by-step through a sequenceof operations resulting in the automatic generation of newlibrary items.Many Schematic symbol types are quickly created saving time.Intricate and often, fine-pitched PCB Footprints are createdusing parameter driven dialogs.The Component Wizard mar-ries the Symbols and Footprints together in the componentlibrary.

Unlimited Schematic Capture included as standard on all PCB Layout variants.

Library Management ToolsEasy-PC provides effective graphical tools to manage,edit and update your library components simply and efficiently.

True Windows 32-bit ApplicationEasy-PC is a true Windows32-bit application with designresolution down to 0.1micron.

Windows Drag & DropThe standard Windows ‘drag & drop’methodology of click and drag is usedthroughout Easy-PC to simplify thedesign process.

Status BarGives you instant Property status on any selected item in the design without the need to use a query orthe Properties dialog.All commonproperty information is containedwithin the status bar display.

Instant Cross ProbingBeing a fully integrated application, Easy PC providesinstant cross-probing. Justclick on the component orconnection in Schematicsand see the correspondingcomponent instantly highlighted in the PCB, orclick on a footprint or trackin PCB and see it highlightedin the Schematic.

World ViewDisplays a ‘thumbnail’ preview of thecomplete design. Using the Pan &Zoom options in this window allowsthe ‘real’ view in the design to bechanged.This enables the wholedesign to be viewed outside thedesign area without disturbing it.

Sliding WindowsOnce you use these you’ll wonderhow you ever managed withoutthem! Simply hover the mouseover the named tab to display the browser.

Component BinThis provides a handy ‘off-design’location for Schematic and PCB components during the designprocess. Components are storedhere ready to be dragged into thedesign by selecting their name orpreview picture.

Context SensitiveShortcut MenusExtensive use ofshortcut menusfrom the rightmouse buttonsignificantlyreduces menusearching, makingoptions thatmuch quicker touse.

Library Creation Wizards

Intelligent Copy & PasteCopy & Paste of design items will automaticallyrenumber the pasted item. Also, Copy to Bitmapis available for export to your documentation systems.

Product Overview

What our customers say about Easy-PC:

“Very user-friendly system with unlimited possibilities tocreate the finest PCB designs. Easy and logical, time saving - that’s Easy-PC for you”- AudioX PX, Mr Alex Vaas. Finland

“I had to write and say how impressed I am with Easy-PC.This tool just keeps getting better and better.Thank you and congratulations on a great product”- Pride Embedded LLC, Mr Bruce M. Pride. USA

“Great product!”- Active Robots Ltd., Mr Anthony Lovedale. UK

Goto BrowserFast Find of items in the design.

Layers BrowserFast display and switching of layers.

Add Component BrowserThe component browser offers afast and convenient drag & dropcomponent selection mechanism in addition to the normal AddComponent option.

Import Designs & Libraries from Other SystemsEasy-PC can import designs and librariesfrom BoardMaker, Easy-PC DOS, Ultiboardand Eagle. Imported designs are rebuilt asthough you had created them from scratchin Easy-PC.

Rotate to 1/100th DegreeAny item in the designincluding components, textand attributes can be rotated to down to 1/100thof a degree. Normal fixedrotations of 90 and 45degrees can be applied usingshortcut keys for speed dur-ing design.

Integrated SCM/PCB DesignsEasy-PC Schematic and PCB designs arekept fully synchronised at all timesensuring full design integrity without theuse of netlists. Or if you prefer, simplydesign your PCB on-the-fly withoutusing a Schematic design at all.

Technology SupportEasy-PC fully supportsthrough-hole designs,surface mounted componentsand mixed technologies.

Multi-level Undo & RedoEasy-PC has unlimited undo and redo levels.Create your designs in the knowledge that youcan undo mistakes or previous iterations usingstandard Windows commands.

Mouse Wheel Controlled Pan & ZoomInstant Zoom In/Outby rolling the mousewheel forward orbackwards. Pan using asingle click of the wheel,or holding down thewheel for dynamic panacross the design.

Colour by net in SchematicsTo aid recognition of important nets whendesigning your Schematic, each net can be givenits own colour. These colours can be set up inthe Schematic Technology, allowing you to definestandard net colours for all your designs.

Shape Based Copper PourEasy-PC provides fast copper pouring withcontrol on thermal relief, isolation gap andnumber of spokes, plus removal of unwantedcopper ‘islands’. Flexible, powerful and easy-to-use, add copper of any shape to the design.

Single Shot PostprocessingEasy-PC delivers the latest technology in single button press plotting. You can build ‘job files’ to generate allthe plots required for a design which can be producedwith a single mouse ‘click’. All plots can be created onthis one easy-to-use dialog.

Import/Export DXFCreate those complex board shapes in yourmechanical CAD system and bring themdirectly into Easy-PC.You can export designelements in DXF format as well.

Online Design Rules CheckingWith Online DRC switched on, error markersinstantly indicate design rule spacing errors and theerror location during the design layout process.

Forwards and Backwards Design AnnotationUpdates and modifications to Schematicscan be passed forward to PCB with namechanges in PCB being back annotated tothe Schematic design.

Split Powerplanes & ViewPowerplanesEasy-PC offers full support for split andpartial powerplanes.The view powerplanefacility enables you to view the powerplaneusing the same mechanism as used for generating it at the Plotting stage - accurateand not just a “bitmap” image.

AutoplaceAutoplace is provided as standard with Easy-PC.Withan easy-to-use dialog it allows you to place or test-place components from your component bin for suitable placement positions within the design.

Design CaptureIntegrated Schematic Capture & PCB Layout

What our customers say about Easy-PC:

“An incredible package for the price - well done, thanks”- ATC Systems, Mr Alex Chater. UK

“And again ‘officially’, thank-you for the excellent techsupport line. It is a major factor in my ongoing investment in your software”- Mr T K Boyd, Chichester, UK

“Excellent value for money and very intuitive...”- Soul Technology Ltd., Mr Paul Jennings. UK

“I had struggled for 12 years with Eagle, then I changedto Easy-PC for Windows. It has been worth the trouble.‘Easy’ is the best description of the PCB program.”- BAM, Mr Thomas Berstein. Germany

AutorouterThe Trace-Router autorouter is the latest productivitydevelopment released from Number One Systems.As a direct replacement for the Easy-Routerautorouter, the Trace-Router brings the latest routingtechnology into your Easy-PC PCB designs.The Trace-Router is based on a numerically stablemathematical topology which means it is capable ofrouting the finest pitched devices and highest routing

density.With the Easy-PC philosophy of ease-of-useever in-mind, it ensures your designs are completedand driven to market even quicker.Trace-Router is totally integrated within the Easy-PCPCB design environment, there is no additional rout-ing window or translation from one system to anoth-er, and no 'additional' processes to go through. It isrun from a single, control dialog with no other userinteraction required.Trace-Router is so easy to set-up and use; you candesign and change parameters iteratively throughoutthe design cycle at any time.

Intelligent BussesIntelligent bus items can be drawn inthe design with ease.These busses canbe ‘closed’ containing specific net names,or they can be left ‘open’ to give you flexibility. Bus nets can be drawn withconnective nets or left named for fullimplied (invisible) connectivity.

Create Clear & Concise SchematicsThe Easy-PCSchematic editor allows you to createclear and concise schematic drawings. Multi-sheetdrawings can be easily combined within a Projectfile, allowing all net names and component names tobe managed and synchronised.The design toolshave been produced with influence from our existing professional user base.

User Defined Parts List and Pick & Place OutputCustomisable Parts Lists and Pick & Place machineoutputs can be quickly and easily created. Standardreports are also supplied to get you started.

Sketch ConnectionsInteractive Schematic Routing enablesyou to guide the routing path for electrical connections within yourschematic design.With point-to-pointrouting and 'sketch' path mode,schematic connection routing hasnever been so easy.

With the minimum amount of effort, the GerberImport facility enables Gerber files in RS-274-D and RS-274-X format to be imported and viewed in a PCBdesign window.These files can be added to existingdesigns, or simply viewed before manufacture forchecking purposes.

The IDF 2.0 and 3.0 Export option allows you toexport your designs into your mechanical CAD(MCAD) system using the industry standard IDFformat. IDF provides an alternative format to DXFfor systems which do not support the AutoCADDXF format or where 3D component data isrequired.

Datasheets for all the optional features and libraries are available on our web site at www.numberone.com

Optional Powerful Adaptive Strategy Autorouter

Add-on ProductsAdvanced Auto-Router

Cost Options

53 components, 1287 component pins, 4 layer, routed 100% using Pro-Router in 6 minutes on 2.0 Ghz Pentium

NB Pro-Router requires Easy-PC V12.0 onwards to run.

Rebuild your Gerber files intelligently and effortlesslyas though they originated from Easy-PC.This excitingoption allows track paths, vias, pads and pad stacks aswell as full connectivity to be rebuilt. Components canbe rebuilt back to libraries for reuse.

When your manufacturer requires an advancedmanufacturing output for driving assembly or testmachines, the GenCAD format is often specified.Tofacilitate this requirement, this cost option interfacewrites an ASCII text file in GenCAD format. Pre-formatted to an exact specification, this format isreliable and proven in the industry.

Pro-Router delivers a higher dimension of autorouting performance for Easy-PC users with fast,high completion rate auto-routing on the most densely packed, multi-layer PCB designs. A highperformance router delivering minimal overall track lengths and via counts; Pro-Router providesthe ideal routing solution for large or complex designs.

Pro-Router is a new generation of autorouting software using a multi-pass cost-based conflictreduction algorithm to find a routingsolution adapting to the natural flow of thenets. Adaptive routing algorithm is the onlyproven approach to reach high completionrates on the modern generation of designs.It gives you the quality of routing resultsfrequently associated with manually routeddesigns. Plus, speed and completion ratesnormally only associated with auto-routersat 20x to 40x the price of Pro-Router.

With 7 variants, Pro-Router is availableto suit all budgets and designcomplexities. See the datasheet onlinefor the full list.

FeaturesUnlimited Power Plane layersGridless routing of up to 256 layersVia size by net classSMD escape fanout controlRoutes SMDs on both sidesMemory routing passSplit Plane/Ground Planes supportCustomisable cost factorsPost-route cleanup optimisationRuns under Windows Vista,Win 7 & Win 8Available with Easy-PC V12.0 onwards

The optional IPC-SM standard Library contains supplementarycomponent and PCB symbol libraries for use with any variant ofEasy-PC For Windows.These have been created to the IPCCouncil’s standard for surface mounted device land patterns.The PCB symbol library contains 1,200 surface mount devicesin a range of package types.

A customised library of over 82,600 Parts with their associatedSchematic Symbols and PCB footprints for Easy-PC. Even withtime saving Wizards and ease-of-use in Easy-PC, the Pro Librarysaves you hours of tedious trawling through databooks and websites where the work has already been done for you. All facetsof the libraries and symbols can be used and reused on othersimilar Parts when an exact match is not available.

Datasheets for all the optional features and libraries are available on our web site at www.numberone.com

Libraries

Easy-PC is supplied with a set of libraries which cater for genericand general use components.These are 'everyday' items whichwill help you get started with the design process. However, as isgenerally the case, it may not contain everything you requireimmediately.You may create your own library items and addthem to the existing libraries.

The optional libraries detailed below provide you with sets ofspecific manufacturers components in a ready-to-use libraryformat. Each set has been created around the manufacturer’sdatasheets to save you time sourcing and creating the devices.

Additional Libraries

The optional Microprocessor Library containsover 9,700 supplementary components includingSchematic and PCB symbols.This library hasmicroprocessor and processor associated chip sets.These often time-consuming andcomplicated library items are packaged inmanufacturer sets to assist you in identifyingthem quicker.They are created based on thelatest manufacturer datasheets and include allsymbol detail, component detail and logic names.

Connectors come in all shapes and sizes.With Easy-PC we'vemade it easy for you by researching and creating the connectorsfrom the manufacturers datasheets. Everything you need to simplyfind and drop the connectors from the Easy-PC library into yourdesign has been supplied; Schematic Symbols, PCB footprintsymbols and the Connector Component itself.

With over 15,900 connector parts, this library represents a cost-effective solution for your Easy-PC design system.

Types of connectors included in this new library are: EdgeConnector, Sockets, Headers, Micro Headers, Pin & PinlessHeaders, Micro D, Nano Miniature, Ribbon Cable, USB Type A,Free Hanging, Right Angle,Vertical, Flat Flex,PCB Mounted Jacks,Terminal Blocks.

For information on pricing contact:Number One Systems. 20 Miller Court, Severn Drive,

Tewkesbury, Glos. GL20 8DN. UK

Tel: +44 (0)1684 296 501Fax: +44 (0)1684 296 515

e-mail: sales@numberone.com

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Feature Summary:True 32-bit Windows applicationMultiple Window interfaceSchematic capture and PCB DesignTechnology files for rapid design setupTrue Connective data modelDatabase resolution down to 10 µmRotation to 0.01 (1/100th) degreeUnlimited number of Electrical/Documentation LayersUnlimited elements per designDesign in Imperial or Metric units, no rounding errorsDrawing area up to 1.0 m by 1.0 m (39" by 39")Multi-level Undo and RedoCut, Copy, Paste and Duplicate of all design dataTwo optional integrated AutoroutersAutomatic Via stitching into Copper Areas and Tracks

Assembly Variants

Schematic HierarchyIntegrated AutoplaceShape-based copper pouring in PCBTrue split & partial power planes

Supports any shape board outlines including round

Manual PCB design routing ‘sketch’ modeOn-line & batch Design Rules Checking (DRC) PCB

Batch Design Rules Checking in SCM

Intelligent Schematic bussing‘Sketch’ connection mode in SCM

Spice netlist export in SCM

User configurable Parts List outputWorld View and Component Bin windowsSliding window browser with instant layer selectionAuto update of PCB with design changes from SCMBack annotation of Net & Component names to SCM‘Align’ item feature Automatic component rename in PCBCross probing between Schematics and PCBComponent/PCB Footprint/Schematic Symbol WizardsLibrary Manager for component management

Databook designer mode for library documentation

Customisable toolbars and shortcut keysSupports SMT, through-hole and mixed technologySMT supported on both sides of the board

Support for Slotted pads

Supports single-sided designsFast find of nets/compsDynamic Pan, Zoom In and Out and Frame ViewsUser defined layer typesFind facility in librariesTrueType font supportSave/Restore Colour files

User defined gridsUser-defined ComponentsComponent attribute values editorDynamic drag & drop moveChange Component for another on-the-flyDimensioning in PCBInput & Output to bitmap (and export to Metafile)Integrity and Connectivity CheckingRelative and Absolute design measurementsNet Optimiser (simplifies manual routing)Fast, single button click manufacturing data writerSupplied with PDF driver for active PDF outputUses Windows drivers for output to all types of printer(Laser jet, Bubble jet, Ink jet, Postscript, PDF)Gerber Photo-plotter for RS-274-D and RS-274-XExcellon NC Drill outputODB++ manufacturing outputAutomatic generation of power ground plane plotsPlotting of solder mask, silk screen and other special plotsPlotting to HPGL A and B pen plotter types Parts List and Bill of Materials in text and CSV format

User definable Parts/Net list creation

Pick and Place assembly outputsDXF export (to AutoCAD and other drawing packages)DXF import of mechanical dataOptional IDF output (to mechanical drawing packages)Import Formats:Easy-PC (DOS), Pro, Pro-XM (designs and libraries)BoardMaker 1 & 2 format (designs and libraries)Eagle V4.09 to V6.x import (designs and libraries)Ultiboard/UltiCAP format (designs and libraries)OrCAD Native EDIF netlist format to Easy-PC PCBElectronics Workbench netlist format to Easy-PC PCBAvailable in 3 pin variants - 1000, 2000 and unlimited component pins

Cost OptionsEntry level Trace-Router autorouterPowerful adaptive strategy Pro-Router autorouter

Intelligent Gerber Import option

Gerber Import facility

GenCAD format PCB export option

IDF format export to mechanical drawing packagesIPC-SM surface mount PCB library with over 1,200 footprintsPro-library with over 69,600 ComponentsMicro controller library with over 9,300 Components

Connector Library of over 15,900 connectors

Easy-PC Supplementary OptionsStockit - Stock control and kitting software

EPC040714

Feature Summary