Component Datasheet
How Integrated-system Design brings component datasheets to the schematic.
Adding electrical objects not only allows the Guidance System to operate by checking for electrically compatible objects, it also allows you to quickly look at the electrical properties of various connections on the component from the Schematic, Layout and Component Library Editors.
If the Heads-up Display is enabled, hovering your mouse over any component or electrical connection will display it's attributes.
Example Heads-up: Hovering on a Component.
Hovering on this Campbell CR310 Component allows you to quickly find out what functions it provides and protocols it supports.
It also allows you to see if the Guidance System has detected any errors such as power supply not connected etc.
It displays if there are any missing requirements or connections that are in conflict.
Example Heads-up: Hovering on a Component's Electrical Object.
Hovering on an electrical object will provide information such as maximum voltage, current, protocols supported by the electrical connection and measurements provided by it.
If you have a switched voltage output connection, you will quickly find out the voltage range and how much current it can supply.
In this example, hovering on a digital input provides the logic levels, maximum voltage and whether it has an internal pull-up resistor.
You can see in the Overlapping Points display (top right corner of image), there are 4 electrical objects that share this connection including a voltage output, contact closure input and an SDI-12 communications port.
Using the ↑ / ↓ or SPACE BAR keys, you can select any of these 'stacked' electrical objects and view their attributes.
Example Heads-up: Hovering on a Component's Electrical Object in the Layout Editor.
Component datasheet information is also available in the Layout Editor.
Hovering on an electrical object will display the type of object (in this case an SDI-12 communication port) and the protocols it supports.
The communication protocols SDI-12 Master and Slave are displayed in the heads up display (top left corner), while the other 'stacked' objects (Voltage Output, Contact Closure and Digital Input) are displayed in the Overlapping Points display in the top right corner.
This means that the hovered-on electrical connection can act as an SDI-12 port, voltage output, contact closure input and digital input.