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20 The PCB Design Magazine • February 2016 aged and recorded. It will allow this extra level of accountability to be used where required. Because of its flexibility, Pulsonix users who do not require a Vault facility won't be forced to use it. We are seeing more and more high-speed designs being created with Pulsonix. In order to maximize its potential, the constraint manager has been significantly enhanced with additional complex rules to aid in the setup. New design capabilities facilitate the routing of these lay- outs. The new rules form a critical part to ensure the nets and differential pairs match across nets, fundamental in high-speed and DDR routing. Shaughnessy: What sort of trends do you see in the PCB design tools market? Williams: We see a future where core competen- cies in the schematic and PCB design editors are still paramount but where closer integration with other tools is a necessity. With the Internet of Things being one of the emerging trends, this close integration is still relevant. What is evident is that the engineers' pro- ductivity through any system has to be as pain- less as possible. Product tool quality, ease of use, fast start-up times and recurrent use for occasional users are also very high on the list. Engineers are becoming more multi-disciplined across tasks that have traditionally been single specialist disciplines, so picking up a tool and remembering how to use it is essential. It's go- ing to be about the usability of the product as well as features and the aftercare service that is provided. Shaughnessy: Thanks for your time, Bob. Williams: Thank you, Andy. PCBDESIGN Figure 2: Pulsonix features high-speed routing and a constraint manager. what's new at pulsonix?