User Manual Revision A

104 Pages·2012·10.05 MB·English

User Manual 
Revision A

Contact Us:
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Make Products Not Parts
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Mission 6
Manifesto 6
Welcome to Upverter 7
Getting Started with Upverter 10
Your Dashboard 10
Project Editor 16
How to Fork/Copy an Existing Project 19
How to Delete a Project 19
System Designer 20
Select & Move 21
Rotate Left 21
Rotate Right 21
Flip 22
Delete 22
Auto net routing 22
Block 23
General 24
Sensors/Input 24
Output 28
Communication 30
Storage 31
Power 32
Processing 34
Signal Processing 35
Flow Chart 38
Net 44
Renaming Nets 44
Annotation 44
Note 45
Draw box 45
Draw Arrow 45
Note Color 46
Shape Edit 46
Draw Line 46
Draw Rectangle 47
Draw Rounded Rectangle 47
Draw Arc 47
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Draw Bezier 48
Draw Circle 48
Toggle Snap Mode 48
Add Pin 49
Rotate Left 49
Rotate Right 49
Schematic Editor 50
Select & Move 51
Rotate Left 51
Rotate Right 51
Flip 52
Copy 52
Paste 52
Delete 53
Auto net routing 53
Filters 54
Component 55
Search features 56
Components 57
generics 57
in-design 57
Net 58
Renaming Nets 58
Bus Net 59
Connection Marker 60
GND 60
VCC 60
FLAG 61
PWR 61
CHASSIS GND 61
INGRESS 62
TEST POINT 62
SMALL FLAG 62
INPUT 63
OUTPUT 63
BI-DIRECTIONAL 63
NO CONNECT 64
Annotation 64
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Note 64
Draw Box 65
Draw Arrow 65
Extract Module 66
Cancel 66
Finish 66
wLayout Editor 67
Creating a Board Outline 68
Select & Move 70
Rotate Left 70
Rotate Right 70
Flip 71
Delete 71
Filters 72
Trace 73
Trace Type 73
Trace Width 74
Via Size 75
Line Shape 76
Arc 77
Rake Mode 78
Serpentine Mode 79
Auto-Route Mode 80
Via 81
Via Inspector 81
Through Hole 82
Through Hole Inspector 82
Pour 83
Line Shape 83
Arc 83
Path 84
Path Type 84
Path Width 84
Line Shape 85
Arc 85
Create From File 85
Art 86
Text 86
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Add Image 86
Note 87
Draw Box 87
Draw Arrow 87
Note Color 88
Measure 88
Constraints Manager 89
Add New Constraint 90
Clearance 90
Hole Size 91
Matched Net Lengths 92
Minimum Annular Ring 93
Trace Width 94
Constraint Inspector 95
Layout Rules 96
Schematic Rules 97
Update Notifications 98
3D Model Viewer 98
Hire Layout Engineer 99
EE Concierge 101
What is EE Concierge 101
What makes EE Concierge parts ✓ VERIFIED 102
How to use EE Concierge 102

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Mission
To make electronic product design accessible to everyone.

Manifesto
We're very nearly there.
It's almost the future.
Where ideas go from heads to hands near instantly.
Where atoms are as easy to manipulate as code.
Where real change is just an idea away.

Invention is how we move forward.
It's how the world gets better.
And it can be so so much better.

We are engineers, designers and makers.
Inventors about to wake up in the future.
We speak in gadgets and robots, and spaceships.
Building bridges between dreams and reality.
We fight for the future.
The small, the big, the hairy, and the crazy audacious.
We bring products to life.

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Welcome to Upverter
Ideas have a tragic history. Everyday ideas that can change the world are
imagined, measured, and abandoned. We praise those who can transform their ideas
into reality and collectively embrace new ways that make transforming our ideas into
reality easier for all. As a result we now live in time where technology has become so
advanced that we can all pick up our “magic mirrors” and instantly connect and share
nearly everything with almost everyone. Luckily, there is no such thing as magic. It is
possible though, for something to be so massive that it is practically incomprehensible
just like magic. That is where we find ourselves today. The amount of knowledge that
exists just in the domain of electrical engineering is so massive that it can easily take a
decade for someone to master the skills needed to produce just a single of our magic
mirrors. It is no wonder why so many ideas remain unrealized.
That gave us an idea. The hardware should not be the hard part of making your
product. So to realize that idea we created Upverter. Our own little world where anyone
from anywhere could go to build the hardware they needed to realize their product. Over
the last 7 years we have spent the time and resources blazing a new path through the
hardware development process. We have created the tools and resources that enabled
thousands of people to realize their ideas and we continued to forge ahead to make
hardware design accessible to all those who are brave enough to realize their ideas.
And with each idea that is realized we all take one step closer towards a brighter future
for ideas.
We hope this manual will enable you to learn how to navigate the path we have
laid out so far and bring you closer to realizing your product so you can share it with the
world. Always remember that we are here to help you realize your ideas.

Welcome to Upverter! We look forward to seeing your ideas come to life.

Sincerely,
The Upverters
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How to Upvert
Making a product is a lot like making a meal. If you have the ingredients, the
recipe, and the right tools you can make anything. And just like a meal the point of a
product is to solve a problem and have the person feeling good about their decision to
use your solution. Not to become an expert on how to get ingredients. That is the
guiding principle behind everything at Upverter. We want you to make what you want as
quickly as possible by providing you with the the right tools at the right time. We also
make the right resources available at the right time to help you make the decisions you
need to move your product forward.

The Ingredients
In order to make your product a reality you will need to use the specific parts your
project needs. Unfortunately, there are far more parts that you can buy then parts
whose designs have been provided by your tools. This mean that you may need to
make parts in order to complete your design. Making parts though is a repetitive, highly
regulated activity that adds no more value to your product than a chef learning how to
farm just make meal. So at Upverter you have three choices when it comes to parts:
Choose a part from our public library, have EE Concierge make the part for you, or
make the part yourself. No matter what your choice is Upverter is there to assist you.

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The Recipe
Making electronics can be a messy and complicated activity. At Upverter we
have a 7 step process guaranteed to make any PCB no matter how complex or simple.
When upverting most likely go through these steps:
Step 1. Draw circuit diagram
Step 2. Select your parts
Step 3. Connect parts to make schematic
Step 4. Make your board layout
Step 5. Repeat steps 1-4 until you are satisfied with the design.
Step 6. Manufacture design
Step 7. Review and Repeat as needed.
Your Tools
Upverter provides you with a complete toolbox for making your design a reality.
When using the tool you only need to remember one thing: top to bottom, left to right,
and ask as needed.

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