Summary
NetBom provides a set of utilities tools that allows users to trace all nets the connections in a given netlist electronic design and display them graphically display the traces in a web browser. Net The tracing behavior is governed by a collection can be customized using a set of configuration settings (CSets) that allow the user to have control over certain aspects of how the traces are executed and displayed.
Our graphical net trace is not bound by physical or logical pages making it especially useful for checking nets or segments of a design that span more than one page.
All net traces . This is useful for checking connections that span multiple pages. Traces stop at ground and power nets, and they stop at a configurable set of part types (connectors/ic by default). They also can optionally stop when reaching nets and/or parts of a particular size (node count)connections, as well as configurable part types like connectors and integrated circuits. The tool also allows users to stop tracing at a certain number of nodes in a connection. There are three main types of traces that NetBom performs: power traces, diff pair traces, and regular traces. Each type is rendered and traced differently, and is configured using different settings.
Example
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Above is an example of a typical small trace. The base net is MAX8668_ENOUT. The trace has been configured to stop at all connectors and ICs, and so we see the ICs U1, U5, and U6 showing up as components that have not been traced through. NetBom has determined that P3R3V is a power net, so it stops when reaching that, and AGND was determined to be a ground net so it stops there as well.
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There are three main types of traces that NetBom performs. The different types will render slightly differently, will be traced differently, and are configured by different CSets.
Power Trace
Diff Pair Trace
Regular Trace
Power Trace
Power traces are traces on nets that NetBom has identified as a power rail or a ground net.
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