CN101118565A - Component calling system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

A component calling system and method is carried to a circuit design program to assist the circuit design program to execute the layout operation of electronic components, and the circuit design program has a component database for storing the data of the electronic components, firstly edits the attribute data of the circuit corresponding to each electronic component in the component database by an editing module, then inputs the circuit diagram data with at least one circuit by an input interface provided by an input module, finally makes a processing module analyze the circuit attribute data and the position data contained in the circuit diagram data input by the input module, extracts the electronic component data corresponding to the circuit from the component database according to the circuit attribute data corresponding to each electronic component edited by the editing module, and refers to the position data of the circuit to place the extracted electronic component data in the adjacent area of the position, therefore, the circuit design program can execute the subsequent electronic element layout operation to quickly realize the layout operation of the electronic elements, thereby improving the efficiency of the electronic element layout operation.

Description

Component calling system and method

technical field

The present invention relates to a component calling system and method, more specifically, to a component calling system and method for assisting a circuit design program in executing wiring operations.

Background technique

Nowadays, electronic engineers usually design printed circuit boards through various circuit design programs (such as Protel software). The design process is to first design the corresponding circuit schematic diagram through a circuit design program according to actual needs, and then design The schematic circuit diagram file is converted into a layout diagram file for subsequent electronic component layout operations.

Usually, when doing electronic component layout work, the electronic engineer will first transfer all kinds of electronic component data contained in the circuit schematic diagram into the layout file generated by the conversion. The specific method is to make the circuit design program according to the electronic engineer's The input component call command extracts relevant electronic component data from a component database, and places electronic components with the same type of attributes in a blank area of the layout drawing file design page, that is, different types of electronic components The electronic components are placed in different areas, so that they can be used by electronic engineers. For example, if the electronic component to be extracted is a resistor, then the electronic component and the electronic component that is the same as the resistor are piled together in an area; Electronic components are piled together in one area. However, in the process of arranging electronic components, the above-mentioned component layout operations are usually carried out sequentially according to the distribution of the lines (net) in the circuit schematic diagram. For a certain circuit, when looking for the required electronic component data in the circuit schematic diagram containing thousands of electronic components and placing them on the printed circuit board one by one, it is very easy to cause errors in the placement of electronic components and often take too long It takes time to find the required electronic components and place them on the correct position of the printed circuit board among the many electronic component data of the same type that are piled up together. This will inevitably reduce the work efficiency of electronic component layout operations and waste the precious time of electronic engineers. time. Furthermore, because the types of electronic components are increasing day by day and are very similar, if an electronic engineer wants to modify or replace the electronic components in the original circuit diagram, it is impossible to immediately find the required electronic components for replacement in a large number of electronic component data. In this way, the development time will be extended gradually.

As mentioned above, how to solve the problem of low work efficiency caused by electronic engineers spending too much time looking for electronic components in the existing electronic component layout technology has become an urgent technical problem to be solved.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a component call system and method to effectively shorten the time of electronic component layout operations, thereby improving work efficiency.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for invoking components, which can quickly replace or modify electronic components in circuit schematic diagrams, so as to effectively shorten the development time.

To achieve the above and other purposes, the present invention provides a component calling system and method. The component call system of the present invention is carried to the circuit design program to assist the circuit design program to execute the electronic component layout operation, and the circuit design program has a component database for storing electronic component data. The component call system includes: one for Provide an editing module for editing the circuit attribute data corresponding to each electronic component in the component database; an input module for providing an input interface for inputting circuit diagram data with at least one circuit; and an input module for analyzing the data input by the input module The circuit attribute data contained in the circuit diagram data and its location data, and according to the circuit attribute data corresponding to each electronic component edited by the editing module, to extract the circuit corresponding to the circuit from the component database Electronic component data, and refer to the location data of the circuit, so as to arrange the extracted electronic component data in the vicinity of the location, so as to provide the processing module for performing subsequent electronic component layout operations.

Wherein, the location data of the circuit is one of the groups of page information data and area information data; moreover, the editing module further includes the circuit attribute data corresponding to each electronic component in the component database , defining the area information data corresponding to each electronic component that can be stored; in addition, the processing module also includes analyzing the page information data corresponding to each line data in the circuit diagram, and accordingly extracting the subsequent extracted information corresponding to the line The data of the electronic components are placed on this page.

The component call method of the present invention is loaded into the circuit design program to assist the circuit design program to execute the electronic component layout operation, and the circuit design program has a component database for storing electronic component data. The component call method includes the following steps: editing The circuit attribute data corresponding to each electronic component in the component database; inputting circuit diagram data with at least one circuit through the input interface; and analyzing the circuit attribute data and its location data included in the input circuit diagram data, And according to the edited circuit attribute data corresponding to each electronic component, the electronic component data corresponding to the circuit is extracted from the component database, and the position data of the circuit is referred to to extract the extracted The electronic component data is placed in the vicinity of the location, so as to perform subsequent electronic component layout operations.

Wherein, the location data of the circuit is one of the groups of page information data and area information data, and the component calling method further includes defining Each of the electronic components corresponds to the area information data that can be stored; and analyzing the page information data corresponding to each line data in the circuit diagram, and accordingly placing the subsequently extracted electronic component data corresponding to the line on the page.

The component calling system and method of the present invention can enable electronic engineers to quickly and accurately execute the layout operation of electronic components, thereby reducing the time for layout operations and improving work efficiency; it can also simplify the required execution when replacing or modifying electronic components Step-by-step procedures to effectively shorten the development time.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram showing the basic architecture of the component calling system of the present invention;

FIG. 1B is a diagram of a circuit embodiment applied to the component calling system and method of the present invention; and

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the operation flow of the component calling method of the present invention.

[Description of main component symbols]

1 Component call system

11 Edit module

12 input module

13 processing module

2 Circuit design program

21 Component database

30 pages

31 The first area

32 Second area

33 The third area

Net1 first line

Net2 second line

Net3 third line

S10～S12 steps

Detailed ways

The implementation of the present invention is illustrated through specific specific examples below, and those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification. The present invention can also be implemented or applied through other different specific examples, and various modifications and changes can be made to the details in this specification based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Please refer to FIGS. 1A-1B , which are used to show the schematic structure of the component calling system 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1A , the component invoking system 1 of the present invention is mounted on a circuit design program 2 to assist the circuit design program 2 in performing electronic component layout operations. Furthermore, the circuit design program 2 has a component database 21 for storing various electronic component data required for layout operations. In this embodiment, the circuit design program 2 is a drawing software (such as Protel software program).

The component invoking system 1 at least includes: an editing module 11 , an input module 12 and a processing module 13 , and the above components of the component invoking system 1 of the present invention will be described in detail below.

The editing module 11 is used to provide engineers to edit the circuit attribute data corresponding to each electronic component in the component database 21, and make the editing module 11 define the corresponding circuit attribute data of each electronic component. The region information data that can be stored, for example, the resistance elements R4, R6, R8, R37 and the capacitance element C2 are stored in the component database 21, through the editing operation of the editing module 11, the setting and the first line (hereinafter referred to as Net1) Relevant electronic components include resistive elements R37 and R4, electronic components related to the second line (hereinafter referred to as Net2) include the resistive element R6, and electronic components related to the third line (hereinafter referred to as Net3) include the capacitive element C2 and the resistance element R8, and then according to the attribute data corresponding to each of the lines, in this embodiment, the line attribute data refers to the position data of each line (for example, the first line Net1 is located in the first area 31; The second line Net2 is located in the second area; the third line Net3 is located in the third area), the resistance elements R37 and R4 can be stored in the adjacent area of the first area 31, and the resistance element R6 can be stored in the second area. In the area adjacent to the area 32 , the capacitive element C2 and the resistive element R8 can be stored in an area adjacent to the third area 33 .

The input module 12 is used to provide an input interface for an electronic engineer to input circuit diagram data having at least one circuit. In this embodiment, the present invention first designs a circuit diagram of an electronic device through the circuit design program 2 (such as FIG. 1B ), Wherein, the circuit diagram contains a plurality of circuit information data, and the circuit diagram data is imported into the component call system 1 of the present invention through the input module 12, so as to be used for performing electronic component layout operations (please describe in detail later) ).

The processing module 13 is used to analyze the circuit attribute data and its location data contained in the circuit diagram data input by the input module 12, and according to the circuit attribute data corresponding to each electronic component edited by the editing module 11 , to extract the electronic component data corresponding to the line from the component database 21, and refer to the location data of the line, so as to place the extracted electronic component data in the vicinity of the location , so as to perform subsequent electronic component layout operations. Specifically, the processing module 13 first converts the file format of the circuit diagram imported through the input module 12 into a corresponding text file, and further analyzes the line attribute data contained in the text file (including each line in the text file) corresponding identification data and its location data), to identify each line contained in the text file and its current page information data and area information data, and then edit each electronic component according to the editing module 11 Corresponding related line attribute data to extract the electronic component data corresponding to each line from the component database 21, and refer to the current position information data of each line to extract the extracted electronic component data They are sequentially placed in the vicinity of the location of the relevant circuits, so as to be used for subsequent electronic component layout operations.

Please refer to FIG. 1B. In this embodiment, the processing module 13 converts the circuit diagram data input by the input module 12 and analyzes the converted text file data, so as to obtain the information contained in the circuit diagram. Three lines of the first line Net1, the second line Net2 and the third line Net3, wherein the first line Net1 is in the first area 31, the second line Net2 is in the second area 32, and the third line Net3 is in the third Area 33, and the first circuit Net1, the second circuit Net2 and the third circuit Net3 are all located in the page 30 of the circuit diagram; then, make the processing module 13 correspond to the relevant circuits according to the electronic components edited by the editing module 11 attribute data, the electronic components related to the first circuit Net1, the second circuit Net2 and the third circuit Net3 are extracted from the component database 21, and referred to the first circuit Net1, the second circuit Net2 and the third circuit The area information data where the line Net3 is respectively located (that is, the area information data that can be stored corresponding to each electronic component) and the page information data, correspondingly place the resistance element R37 and the resistance element R4 in the first area of the page 30 31, place the resistive element R6 in the vicinity of the second area 32 of the page 30, and place the capacitive element C2 and the resistive element R8 in the vicinity of the third area 33 of the page 30 Inside.

Please refer to FIG. 2 again, which is used to show the schematic operation flow of the component calling method of the present invention. As shown in the figure, step S10 is first executed to edit the relevant line attribute data corresponding to each electronic component in the component database 21. In this embodiment, the component database 21 stores resistance components R4, R6, R8, R37 and Capacitive element C2, the electronic engineer uses the editing module 11 to edit and set the electronic components related to the first line Net1 to include resistive elements R37 and R4, and the electronic components related to the second line Net2 include the resistive element R6, and the third line The electronic components related to Net3 include the capacitive element C2 and the resistive element R8. Furthermore, in the present invention, electronic engineers can also use the editing module 11 to follow the attribute data corresponding to each of the lines, that is, the location data of each line, such as the first line Net1 within the range of the first area 31 ; The second line Net2 is within the scope of the second area 32; the third line Net3 is within the scope of the third area 33, and the corresponding resistance elements R37 and R4 can be stored in the adjacent area of the first area 31, the The resistive element R6 can be stored in an area adjacent to the second area 32 , and the capacitive element C2 and the resistive element R8 can be stored in an area adjacent to the third area 33 . Then proceed to step S11.

In step S11, an input interface is provided for electronic engineers to import required circuit diagram data. In this embodiment, an electronic engineer can first design a circuit diagram (such as FIG. 1B ) of an electronic device through the circuit design program 2, wherein the circuit diagram contains a plurality of circuit information data, and through the input module 12 to the The circuit diagram data is imported into the component invoking system 1 of the present invention, so as to perform subsequent electronic component layout operations, and then proceed to step S12.

In step S12, analyze the circuit attribute data contained in the imported circuit diagram data and its location data, and extract from the component database 21 according to the circuit attribute data corresponding to the edited electronic components. Extract the electronic component data corresponding to the circuit, and refer to the location data of the circuit, so as to place the extracted electronic component data in the vicinity of the location, so that electronic engineers can carry out layout work used by. Specifically, use the processing module 13 to convert the file format of the circuit diagram imported through the input module 12 into a corresponding text file, and analyze the identification data corresponding to each circuit contained in the text file and its location. Line attribute data such as location data, thereby analyzing each line contained in the text file and its current page information data and area information data, as shown in Figure 1B, the processing module 13 passes the input module 12 Convert the input circuit diagram data and analyze the converted text file data, so as to obtain three circuits including the first circuit Net1, the second circuit Net2 and the third circuit Net3 in the circuit diagram, wherein the The first line Net1 is in the first area 31, the second line Net2 is in the second area 32, and the third line Net3 is in the third area 33, and the first line Net1, the second line Net2 and the second line Net2 are identified. The three lines Net3 are all located on page 30 of this circuit diagram. Thereafter, make the processing module 13 correspond to the circuit attribute data related to each electronic component edited by the editing module 11, from the component database 21, respectively associate with the first circuit Net1, the second circuit Net2 and the third circuit Net3. Corresponding relevant electronic components are extracted, and the extracted electronic component data are correspondingly placed in the adjacent area where the relevant circuit is located. For example, when an electronic engineer intends to perform layout work on the first line Net1 in the circuit diagram, the electronic component data related to the first line Net1 (that is, the resistance element R37 and the resistance element R37) are automatically extracted from the component database 21 at first. R4), and according to the position of the first line Net1, the resistance element R37 and the resistance element R4 are placed in the adjacent area of the first area 31 of the page 30; and the layout operation is performed for the second line Net2 , the electronic component data related to the second line Net2 (that is, the resistance element R6) is extracted from the component database 21, and according to the position information of the second line Net2, the resistance element R6 is placed on the page 30 accordingly. In the adjacent area of the second area 2 of the electronic engineer, it is convenient for the electronic engineer to extract and call; similarly, when the electronic engineer intends to perform layout work on the third line Net3 in the circuit diagram, the third line is first extracted from the component database 21 Net3-related electronic component data (i.e. capacitive element C2 and resistive element R8), and correspondingly place the capacitive element C2 and the resistive element R8 in the third region 33 of the page 30 according to the position of the third line Net3 within the immediate area.

To sum up, the component call system and method of the present invention edit and set the attributes of the lines contained in the circuit diagram in advance, so that when executing the electronic component layout operation, by identifying the attribute information corresponding to each line in the circuit diagram to be edited , and automatically extract the electronic component data corresponding to each circuit, and place it in the vicinity of the location of the circuit accordingly, so as to facilitate electronic engineers to perform subsequent electronic component layout operations. Therefore, the present invention can not only improve the efficiency of the layout operation of electronic components, but also reduce the placement time of electronic components and improve the accuracy of placement, and also simplify the operation process of modifying or replacing electronic components, so as to effectively shorten the development time.

The above-mentioned embodiments only illustrate the principles and effects of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can modify and change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be listed in the following claims.

Claims (10)

1. A component calling system, which is loaded into a circuit design program to assist the circuit design program in performing electronic component layout operations, and the circuit design program has a component database for storing electronic component data, and the component calling system includes: An editing module, which is used for editing the circuit attribute data corresponding to each electronic component in the component database; an input module, which is used to provide an input interface for inputting circuit diagram data having at least one line; and A processing module, which is used to analyze the line attribute data and its location data contained in the circuit diagram data input by the input module, and according to the line attribute data corresponding to each electronic component edited by the editing module, to Extract the electronic component data corresponding to the line from the component database, and refer to the location data of the line, so as to place the extracted electronic component data in the vicinity of the location, so as to provide Perform subsequent electronic component layout jobs. 2. The component calling system according to claim 1, wherein the location data of the line is one of the group consisting of page information data and area information data. 3. The component invoking system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the editing module further includes defining the area information data corresponding to each electronic component that can be stored according to the line attribute data corresponding to each electronic component in the component database . 4. The component call system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the processing module further includes analyzing the page information data corresponding to each line data in the circuit diagram, and accordingly extracting the subsequent extracted information corresponding to the line The relevant electronic component data is placed on this page. 5. The component calling system according to claim 1, wherein the circuit design program is drawing software. 6. A component calling method, which is loaded into a circuit design program to assist the circuit design program in performing electronic component layout operations, and the circuit design program has a component database for storing electronic component data, and the component calling method includes the following steps: Edit the relevant circuit attribute data corresponding to each electronic component in the component database; through the input interface to input circuit diagram data having at least one line; and Analyzing the line attribute data contained in the input circuit diagram data and its location data, and according to the line attribute data corresponding to the edited electronic components, to extract the line corresponding to the line from the component database The electronic component data, and refer to the location data of the circuit, so as to arrange the extracted electronic component data in the vicinity of the location, so as to perform subsequent electronic component layout operations. 7. The method for calling components according to claim 6, wherein the location data of the line is one of the group consisting of page information data and area information data. 8. The component call method according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising the editing step of defining the area information data corresponding to each electronic component that can be stored according to the line attribute data corresponding to each electronic component in the component database. 9. The component calling method according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising analyzing the page information data corresponding to each line data in the circuit diagram, and accordingly extracting the subsequently extracted electronic component data corresponding to the line The processing steps placed on this page. 10. The component call method according to claim 6, wherein the circuit design program is drawing software.

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