Compliance-Scope®
Virtual Laboratory for EMI/EMC
Date: 28th Dec 2023
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 4.4.0
- Enhancement: (Common) Dedicated utility buttons have been introduced for the import and export of DUT, Cable and LoadBox apparatus.
- Enhancement: (Common) Align Housing and PCBs with ease using the Auto-Align feature.
- Enhancement: (BCI) Customize BCI experiments by adding Custom test levels in the experiment settings.
- Enhancement: (Common) Gauge the availability of system resources for Analysis operation using 'available system memory' displayed alongside memory estimation in the Analysis wizard.
- Enhancement: (DPT to IB) Backup support is enabled to automatically record solved result points for 'DPI to IB' toolbox. Hence experiment solve progress is not lost in events where analysis operation is aborted mid-way.
- Enhancement: (Common) Save an entire set of results from an experiment using the 'Save all' feature.
- Enhancement: (CE/RE) For better convergence in Model Generator, utilize the Transient Analysis Specifications section.
- Enhancement: (CE/RE) A new template added to Model Generator- DataPRBS to create custom data models.
- Bug-Fix: (RE) Cispr32 post-processing time reduced significantly by efficient E-field update mechanism.
- Bug-Fix: (Common) Touchstone sanity check fixed for non-ascending, duplicate entries in frequency.
- Bug-Fix: (Common) Rendering fixed for 2-pin components across apparatus.
- Bug-Fix: (Common) Crash-fix observed during cable apparatus multiple save-load cycles.
- Bug-Fix: (Solver) Crash-fix observed during data transferred from solver to Compliance-scope in case of multi-solver scenario.
Date: 20th Nov 2023
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 4.3.1
- Bug-fix: (Common) Fixed multi-worker AFS crash due to concurrent progress logging
- Bug-fix: (Common) Enables loading time-domain waveform starting with negative times
- Bug-fix: (Common) Fixed DC solver crash when all cross-apparatus components are disabled
- Bug-fix: (Common) Fixed crash when importing ODB++ when no nets are selected
- Bug-fix: (Common) Fixed issue with pin deletion from sheet model of PCBs
Date: 25th Oct 2023
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 4.3.0
- New: (Emission) Generic model templates: Buck, boost, buck-boost, flyback, 3-phase-inverter, Class-D amplifier
- Enhancement: (Common) Adaptive frequency sweep convergence improvement
- Enhancement: (Common) S/Y/Z parameters of imported components available for display in UI
- Enhancement: (3DTLBX) Cable/Harness routing made more flexible
- Enhancement: (Common) ODB-imported-PCB rotation limitation in xy plane removed to accommodate vertical alignment of PCBs
- Enhancement: (CISPR11-RE) Ability to run test without LISN on floor (using battery on table)
- Enhancement: (Common) Interoperability (import-export) of DUT across labs improved by adding material information simultaneously
- Enhancement: (3DTLBX) S-parameter touchstone export improved by adding port identifiers in comment line
Date: 12th Oct 2023
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 4.2.2
- Bug-fix: (Common) Linux slow-down issue fixed
- Bug-fix: (Common) Addition of support on table re-enabled
- Bug-fix: (Common) Issues when re-uploading ODB on same PCB fixed
- Bug-fix: (Common) Specific ODB: nets missing after save-load fixed
Date: 16th July 2023
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 4.2.1
- Bug-fix: (CE) LISN to table connection issue resolved
Date: 13th July 2023
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 4.2.0
- New: (Common) Support for adding components or ports across apparatus
- New: (Common) Easy pin creation on table using AUTO option
- Enhancement: (Common) Accurate current flow for different conductor material for 3D imported geometries
- Enhancement: (Common) Improvement in time and file-memory for save and load
- Enhancement: (Common) Creation of new RLC elements using BoM csv file import
- Enhancement: (Common) Support for multi-frequency current density
- Enhancement: (Common) Visualization of S-param of imported components
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved AFS convergence with dynamic stopping criterion
- Enhancement: (Common) Rise-time, fall-time percentage included as input in PRBS generation
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved rendering speed
- Bug-fix: (Common) Highlighting and enabling component visualization in current density view
Date: 19th May 2023
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 4.1.3
- Bug-fix: (Emission) Current source default shifted to metallic port
Date: 8th May 2023
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 4.1.2
- Enhancement: (Common) Windows installer option to install for all users
- Enhancement: (DPI2IB-TLBX) Enabled noUI mode for DPI to IB toolbox
- Bug-fix: (Common) Old project compatibility fix for sheet approximation
Date: 25th Apr 2023
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 4.1.1
- Enhancement: (DPI2IB-TLBX) Different component configuration for VNA and DPI measurements enabled
- Bug-fix: (3DTLBX) E-field reported is now total field and not scattered field only
- Bug-fix: (Common) Issue with multiport touchstone fixed
- Bug-fix: (RE/CE) Waveform edit calling re-solve fixed
- Bug-fix: (3DTLBX) Cable length changing bug fixed
- Bug-fix: (3DTLBX) Y-parameter sanity check fixed
- Bug-fix: (3DTLBX) E-field related UI issues fixed
- Bug-fix: (DPI2IB-TLBX) Use of ICIM generated in BCI fixed
- Bug-fix: (Common) AFS more initial points added at higher frequencies
Date: 24th Mar 2023
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 4.1.0
- New: (DPI2IB-TLBX) Toolbox for converting DPI measured data to IC Immunity Model
- New: (3DTLBX) Driven mode with E-field prediction
- New: (3DTLBX) Driven mode support for dipole sources
- New: (3DTLBX) Support for creation of cable with foil or shield
- New: (Common) Ability to import 3D geometry using STL files
- New: (Common) Support for capacitor shunt-measured s2p files
- Enhancement: (Common) Job distribution using persistent workers
- Enhancement: (Common) Limited UI support in Linux
- Enhancement: (Common) 2D-plot improvements
- Enhancement: (Common) Noise-floor improvements
- Enhancement: (3DTLBX) S-parameter refinement for passivity
Date: 11th Feb 2023
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 4.0.1
- Bug-fix: (3DTLBX) Multi-apparatus crash resolved
- Bug-fix: (3DTLBX) Multi-apparatus force-output-frequency resolved
- Bug-fix: (3DTLBX) Multi-apparatus port issues for sheet approximation resolved
- Bug-fix: (Emission) PRBS in ICEM issue resolved
- Bug-fix: (Common) BoM imported components visualization resolved
Date: 29th Jan 2023
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 4.0.0
- New: (Common) Sheet approximation for PCB conductor layers: 2x time and memory reduction
- New: (Common) New Bill-of-material (BoM) component loading user-interface
- New: (Common) Job distribution on a single machine: user-interface
- New: (Common) Job distribution on a single machine: intelligence for best time performance
- New: (Emission) PRBS waveform synthesis for microcontroller IC-emission model
- New: (Common) Current density visualization checkboxes: apparatus specific
- New: (Common) Current density layer-by-layer visualization using cutting planes
- Bug-fix: (Common) Support for spaces in path directory names
Date: 2nd Dec 2022
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.10.2
- Enhancement: (Common) Support for new 2-pin component addition (not in odb++) through BOM
- Enhancement: (Common) Time/Memory estimate enabled for Quick-solve, Stripline labs and 3D-Toolbox
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved AFS for 25-30% overall speed improvement
- Enhancement: (Common) Faster post-process and load time improvements for certain projects
- Enhancement: (Common) noGUI support for estimate (command '-estimate')
- Bug-fix: (Common) Bug-fix in parallel component addition
- Bug-fix: (Common) Bug-fix large TD sources crash fix
- Bug-fix: (Common) Via conversion flow improved
- Bug-fix: (Common) Fixes in spice solver handling
Date: 29th Sep 2022
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.10.1
- Enhancement: (Common) Job distribution directory moved to project folder instead of scratch (LSF or single-machine)
- Enhancement: (Common) Current density frequency setup made easy
- Bug-fix: (Common) New ngSPICE related crash fixes
- Bug-fix: (Common) Crash on auto-save=ON fixed
- Bug-fix: (Common) MIL CE101 AFS issue fixed
Date: 11th Sep 2022
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.10.0
- New: (Common) Multiple worker feature for distributed run speed-up (LSF or single-machine)
- New: (Common) Parallel AFS for multi-worker feature
- New: (3DTLBX) Toolbox for 3D S-parameter extraction
- New: (Common) Estimate time and memory option before analysis
- Enhancement: (Common) New project tree flow
- Enhancement: (Common) Faster highlights with auto-zoom
- Enhancement: (RE/CE) Current source with parallel impedance
- Enhancement: (Common) Enabling components sharing same pins
- Enhancement: (Common) New log mechanism
- Enhancement: (Common) Enabled usage of netlist file in odb++ import process
- Enhancement: (Common) Enabled list of nets export from DUT apparatus for use in import
- Enhancement: (Common) Upgraded ngSPICE and improved logging mechanism
- Enhancement: (Common) New web-based user manual
- Bug-fix: (Common) Pin movement issues addressed
Date: 24th June 2022
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.9.1
- Enhancement: (Stripline) Teflon dielectric added
- Enhancement: (Common) Option to save results in csv format from command line run - argument added
- Bug-fix: (RE/CE) Automatic result update with time domain waveform replacement issue fixed
- Bug-fix: (RE/CE) ICEM Frequency Domain waveform import issue fixed
- Bug-fix: (RE/CE) ICEM Time Domain pulse waveform save/load issue fixed
- Bug-fix: (RE/CE) ICEM multiport issue fixed
- Bug-fix: (RE/CE) SAT file with attribute import crash resolved
- Bug-fix: (RE/CE) BoM csv save/load with ICEM issue fixed
Date: 22nd May 2022
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.9.0
- New: (Common) Ability to cache backup results - helpful in case of unexpected crash or other stoppage
- New: (RE/CE) Automatic detection of output frequency points based on time-domain or frequency-domain sources
- New: (RE/CE) Ability to change time-domain or frequency-domain sources in a solved project and analyze results instantly
- New: (Common) UI only licensing option
- New: (Common) Autosave options in settings for user to opt for autosave after mesh and solve
- New: (Common) Indication of save stage of experiment with a star mark in project tree window
- New: (Common) Indication of stale results with a yellow triangle mark in project tree window
- Enhancement: (Common) 40% reduction in memory on an average above 100MHz
- Enhancement: (Common) 15% reduction in time on an average
- Enhancement: (RE CISPR25) Ability to change antenna location parallel to the table
- Enhancement: (Common) Highlight and select option of nets/pins/components available now only on right click to avoid UI sluggishness
- Enhancement: (Common) Identifying circles represented in ODB file as polygons for geometry simplification
- Enhancement: (Common) BoM csv support and warning for repeated entries with same component name
- Enhancement: (Common) Components enabled are no longer probed by default to prevent very large result files
- Bug-fix: (Common) Warning enabled for components sharing same pins
Date: 11th April 2022
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.8.1
- Bug-fix: (Common) Writing large results file issue resolved
- Bug-fix: (Common) Pin movement on rotation (for AIR dielectric) issue resolved
Date: 20th Feb 2022
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.8.0
- New: (Common) Solver-UI process separation
- New: (Common) IEC-61967-8 Stripline Emission laboratory
- New: (Common) IEC-62132-8 Stripline Immunity laboratory
- New: (RE) CM-DM Cable current for diagnosis
- New: (CE) CM-DM LISN voltage
- New: (Common) Current density enabled from DUT window
- New: (Common) Check-boxes for show/hide in solid view in DUT
- New: (Common) Ability to save ALL results in csv
- New: (RE/CE) IC-model-CE for 6 new ICs
- New: (BCI) New clamp model IP DR250
- Enhancement: (Common) BoM using csv load/save enhanced
- Enhancement: (Common) Support for package 3D geometry (sat) merge with PCB
- Enhancement: (CE) Full-3D option enabled and made default
- Enhancement: (Common) Component S-param smoothening for AFS
- Enhancement: (RE) CISPR32 angle height chart printed for every frequency
- Enhancement: (RE/CE) Noise floor incorporation through addition instead of truncation
Date: 15th Dec 2021
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.7.4
- Bug-fix: (RE) Fixed issue in saving CISPR32 project with large number of frequency points
Date: 12th Dec 2021
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.7.3
- Enhancement: (Common) Circle discretization to 5 for efficiency
- Enhancement: (Common) Identifying polygons belonging to circle
- Enhancement: (Common) Parallel vector fitting for AFS efficiency particularly for CISPR32
- Bug-fix: (Common) Project with ICEM and many frequency points - slow-down resolved
Date: 19th Nov 2021
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.7.2
- Enhancement: (RE) AFS - reduction in initial points
- Enhancement: (RE) CISPR32 Quicksolve issued fixed
Date: 5th Nov 2021
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.7.1
- Enhancement: (RE) CISPR32 and CISPR11 AFS enabled
- Enhancement: (RE) CISPR32 and CISPR11 report enabled
Date: 20th Oct 2021
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.7.0
- New: (RE) CISPR32 Laboratory for IT/Multimedia
- New: (RE) CISPR11 Laboratory for ISM
- New: (Common) Via simplification to 2D sheets for speed
- New: (BCI/CE) Volumetric dielectric formulation for accuracy
- New: (Common) Component visualization improvement with names
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved algorithm for near-linear arc-traces based on chordal deviation
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved .sat finalize process
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved ODB++ translation for degenerate arc-traces using end-cap algorithm
- Enhancement: (Common) Filter for enabled components
Date: 10th Sep 2021
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.6.0
- New: (RE/CE) 5 DC-DC converter Behavioral IC Emission Model (SPICE-based) included
- New: (Common) Show cable node name in lab-view 3D geometry
- New: (Common) Pin visualization improvement with names
- Enhancement: (Common) AFS algorithm improvements
- Enhancement: (RE/CE) Enabled changing polarity of sources
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved ODB++ translation for degenerate arc-traces using end-cap algorithm
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved ODB++ translation for corners of rectangle
- Enhancement: (Common) Swept-object interface glancing interface improved
- Bug-fix: (Common) MIL-STD-461G setting issues resolved
- Bug-fix: (Common) Cylindrical interfaces issue resolved
- Bug-fix: (BCI) Test severity level save and load issue resolved
- Bug-fix: (Common) 2D plot refresh issue for Y-axis resolved
- Bug-fix: (RI) Vertical/horizontal save and load issue resolved
Date: 29th July 2021
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.5.2
- Enhancement: (Common) Pure current source compatibility with metallic port connections
Date: 22nd July 2021
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.5.1
- Enhancement: (Common) Metallic port connections (as complementary to circuit ports)
- Enhancement: (Common) Allow camera rotate/pan/zoom while making interfaces
- Bug-fix: (Common) BoM csv load s2p import for 2 pin fixed
- Bug-fix: (Common) Saving current density flag fixed
- Bug-fix: (Common) Tmax issue for current source TD imported waveform fixed
Date: 20th June 2021
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.5.0
- New: (Common) Multiple 3D geometry apparatus import in DUT (odb++ and sat) (DEMO)
- New: (Common) Lab-view facility from DUT window for all laboratories
- New: (Common) Interoperability (save and load) of DUT across laboratories
- New: (Common) Suppress/Un-suppress of apparatus in DUT
- New: (Common) Hide-unhide, wire-frame view enabled for apparatus in DUT
- New: (Common) Rotate and translate utility to re-position apparatus in DUT
- New: (Common) Ability to create custom support layer (typically styrofoam) on table and assign material
- New: (Common) Ability to create custom interface structures between apparatus of DUT
- New: (Common) GUI tool-bar icons
- New: (CE and RE) Automated pulse waveform generation utility at source
- Enhancement: (Common) Unit for symbol feature supported and over-rides global units
- Enhancement: (Common) Predictive meshing enabled regardless of connectivity
- Enhancement: (Common) Added support for Resistor in CSV BoM read
- Bug-fix: (Common) Copy-paste of ground in load-box issue resolved
- Bug-fix: (Common) Linux file line-end parse issue resolved
Date: 1st Apr 2021
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.4.3
- Enhancement: (Common) Ability to adjust Tmax, Tstep for imported TD waveforms in source component
- Enhancement: (Common) Reading material information from odb
- Enhancement: (Common) Reading component detail from odb
- Enhancement: (Common) Analyzing singularity in imported S-parameters for components
- Enhancement: (Common) Reading DUT BoM through CSV file
- Enhancement: (RE,RI,BCI) Appropriate port naming for library LISN element
- Bug-fix: (Common) Issue with reading donut shape from odb resolved
- Bug-fix: (Common) Connectivity issue with Ground component resolved
- Bug-fix: (Common) Issue with special characters in 3D visualization window addressed
Date: 8th Feb 2021
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.4.2
- Enhancement: (Common) Importing password protected odb
- Bug-fix: (BCI) Closed-loop computing current on all wires inside the clamp
- Bug-fix: (Common) Importing odb with via and pad points coinciding
- Bug-fix: (Common) ODB traceline with end-caps issue resolved
Date: 22nd Jan 2021
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.4.1
- Enhancement: (Licensing) Removed the requirement of FNP services on client machine
Date: 13th Jan 2021
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.4.0
- New: (Common) LISN library models
- New: (Common) Improved cable setup widget
- Enhancement: (Common) Loadbox support for schematic elements like R, L, C
- Enhancement: (Common) Faster save and load of project with multiple S-paramater files
- Bug-fix: (Common) ODB++ import skip processing 0 radius stencil
Date: 8th Dec 2020
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.3.1
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved mesh refinement at pins
- Bug-fix: (Common) Slow-down with increased frequency points fixed
- Bug-fix: (Common) Linux repeated matrix fill issue resolved
- Bug-fix: (Common) Progress reporting corrected for finalizing .sat imported geometries
Date: 5th Nov 2020
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.3.0
- New: (Common) New front-screen with all EMC standards listed
- New: (RE) MIL-STD-461G-RE102 standard enabled
- New: (CE) MIL-STD-461G-CE101 & MIL-STD-461G-CE102 standard enabled
- New: (RI) MIL-STD-461G-RS103 standard enabled
- New: (CI) MIL-STD-461G-CS114 standard enabled
- New: (RI) MIL-STD-461G-RS103 standard enabled
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved 2D-plots: axis min/max settings
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved 2D-plots: Line style, size, color editing
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved 2D-plots: Marker style, size, color editing
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved 2D-plots: New data-tip option
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved 2D-plots: New axis marker option
- Enhancement: (Common) Automatic check for correctness when loading touchstone files or SPICE netlists
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved matrix compression
- Enhancement: (RE/RI) Solver convergence tolerance made tighter
- Bug-fix: (RE/CE) Noise floor issue on saved projects resolved
Date: 22nd Sep 2020
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.2.1
- Enhancement: (Common) Solver integration for image enhancements
- Bug-fix: (Common) Issue with loadbox s-parameter file disconnect resolved
Date: 20th Aug 2020
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.2.0
- New: (Common) Support for Linux OS (only console mode - no UI)
- New: (Common) New windows license server - please download new one if running 3.2.0
- New: (Common) Software driver mode for enabling UI on Virtual Machines (in settings)
- Enhancement: (Common) Dockable widgets for apparatus and results
- Enhancement: (Common) Improvement in handling CAD intersections for trace-arc end-caps
- Bug-fix: (Common) Importing component json file from another project - issue resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.1.1
- Bug-fix: (Common) New load-box schematic editor error control
- Bug-fix: (Common) Rare crash on multiple Assemble/Disassemble fixed
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.1.0
- New: (RI) New laboratory: Radiated Immunity with standard ISO 11452-2
- New: (RE/CE) Current source excitation for IC models
- Enhancement: (Common) 2D-plot: consolidated save and load for all units
- Enhancement: (Common) CAD support for trace-line end-caps
- Enhancement: (Common) Improved error-reporting from load-box
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.0.0
- Bug-fix: (Common) Load-box wiring related crashes resolved
- Bug-fix: (RE/CE) Loading solved project issue resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 3.0.0
- New: (Common) Common window for multiple DUT apparatus load (currently 1 ODB++ OR 1 SAT file only)
- New: (Common) SAT file support for DUT apparatus
- Enhancement: (Common) Enhanced schematic editor for load-box
- Enhancement: (RE and CE) Voltage source with editable series impedance
- Enhancement: (RE and CE) Support for import and application of Noise-Floor
- Enhancement: (CE) Report generation for CE current method
- Bug-fix: (Common) Issue with image-integrated-flow resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.8.2
- New: (CE) Report generation enabled
- Enhancement: (RE) Report generation enhanced with white noise diagnostics
- Bug-fix: (Common) Efficiency issues for high number of frequency points in output - resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.8.1
- Enhancement: (Common) UI improved responsiveness for visualization of broad-spectrum
- Enhancement: (Common) Size of saved projects (with results) reduced by 5x
- Bug-fix: (Common) Memory leak in saving projects (results) resolved
- Bug-fix: (Common) Losing pins or component issue for loading 2 pin s2p resolved
- Bug-fix: (Common) Conversion of some input SPICE files to S-params issue (due to precision of ngspice write) resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.8.0
- New: Novel AFS flow for RE and CE: Speedup of 10x for high frequency resolution runs
- New: White noise visualization for CE and RE - useful for diagnosing issues
- Enhancement: (Common) Stack-up apply button to remove confusion on sync between stack-up and layout
- Bug-fix: (Common) Crash issue resolved for change in component type
- Bug-fix: (Common) Crash for duplicate pin names resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.7.0
- New: Hardware acceleration (in collaboration with Intel India Maker Lab) - part 2: 20% speedup in all laboratories
- New: (BCI) Introduced library of ICIM (2SC4081 and 2SA1576FRA)
- Bug-fix: (RE) Enabled different lengths of cables at DUT and LISN side as per CISPR25
- Bug-fix: (RE) Changed default cable to edge-of-table distance to 100 instead of 200 mm as per CISPR25
- Bug-fix: (Common) BoM import from json file (save and load components) debugged
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.6.1
- Enhancement: (Common) Further speedup for Hardware acceleration - part 1: removing memory reallocation
- Bug-fix: (Common) Results not available uncommon bug fixed
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.6.0
- New: (Common) Hardware acceleration (in collaboration with Intel India Maker Lab) - part 1: 2x speedup in BCI
- New: (Common) ICIM and ICEM complete support
- New: (Common) Mesh and solid view of system structure for EM analysis at experiment level
- New: (Common) Support for oval stencil in odb++ read
- Enhancement: (Common) Numerical integrations improved and more robust for long thin shapes
- Enhancement: (Common) Corrections for incorrect dielectric boundary from odb++
- Bug-fix: (Common) Slow-down for large number of frequency points resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.5.1
- Enhancement: (Common) No GUI command mode batch run enabled
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.5.0
- Enhancement: (Common) Current density plot supports box-zoom, rotate, translate, iso and other orientations
- Enhancement: (Common) Current density plot supports superimposed mesh-view
- Enhancement: (Common) Current density plot is able to change plot-type on the same plot
- Enhancement: (Common) Classification of nets into PWR/GND and DATA/Control, used in predictive meshing, now visible in import screen
- Bug-fix: (Common) Solver integration improved for very thin elements
- Bug-fix: (Common) Loadbox with more than 2 Sparameter files save and load issue resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.4.0
- New: CE Laboratory with CISPR 25 current and voltage measurement
- New: (RE) Support for twisted cable 3D model
- Bug-fix: (RE) ICEM-IA minor bug-fixes
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.3.4
- Bug-fix: (RE) Minor fixes related to ICEM UI
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.3.3
- Bug-fix: (Common) Crash on open project with legacy material resolved
- Bug-fix: (RE) E-horizontal now reports E-x field
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.3.2
- Enhancement: (Common) Around 30% memory reduction in Analyze
- Enhancement: (RE) Fully functional ICEM-CE UI under Components
- Enhancement: (RE) More functionality in UI for specifying ground straps
- Enhancement: (RE) Adaptive frequency sweep enabled for single source RE
- Enhancement: (Common) Mesh statistics displayed on mesh view
- Enhancement: (Common) Optimized predictive refinement in meshing
- Bug-fix: (Common) Component reading from odb++ is improved
- Bug-fix: (BCI) Limit to number of cores usable is removed
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.3.1
- New: (Common) Save and load component list (BoM) from PCB window
- Bug-fix: (BCI) Missing shape in odb++ issue resolved
- Bug-fix: (RE) Loadbox empty termination and LISN delete issue resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.3.0
- New: (RE) Volumetric dielectric mesh and solve formulation for improved accuracy
- New: (Common) Ability to load cable file (json) from another experiment
- New: (Common) Ability to save cable file (json) for loading in another experiment
- New: (Common) Ability to load LoadBox file (json) from another experiment
- New: (Common) Ability to save LoadBox file (json) for loading in another experiment
- New: (RE) Support for ground straps
- Enhancement: (Common) ODB++ import - support for pad records in special symbols
- Enhancement: (Common) ODB++ import - support for rounded corners in rectangles
- Bug-fix: (BCI) ICIM loading s1p files
- Bug-fix: (RE) Relative position of DUT and Loadbox at the ends of cable reversed to mimic laboratory
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.14
- Enhancement: (Common) Efficient via-meshing for reduced number of mesh elements
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.13
- Enhancement: (Common) Units added in several locations
- Bug-fix: (Common) Issues with 2 or more Termination or LISN blocks in LoadBox resolved
- Bug-fix: (Common) Via mesh issue resolved for thermal pads around vias
- Bug-fix: (Common) QuickSolve related preconditioner settings fixed
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.12
- Enhancement: (Common) Current density plot - hide dielectrics automatically
- Enhancement: (Common) Current density plot - colorbar min max setting option
- Enhancement: (Common) Auto-hide component when creating pin on a location inside component
- Bug-fix: (Common) Stack-up editing related bug-fix
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.11
- Enhancement: (Common) Ability to change components from one type to another
- Bug-fix: (RE) Voltage source reading csv file issue resolved
- Bug-fix: (RE) Log sweep run issue for RE resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.10
- Bug-fix: (Common) Loadbox save and load issue resolved
- Bug-fix: (Common) Current density plot issues resolved
- Bug-fix: (Common) ODB++ missing shape resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.9
- Bug-fix: (Common) Issue related to layers in some odb++ import fixed
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.8
- Enhancement: (Common) Support for S-parameters in LISN and Termination of load-box
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.7
- Enhancement: (Common) Cable height is automatically adjusted on clicking Check Integrity
- Enhancement: (RE) CISPR25 standard made as default
- Bugfix: (Common) Fix for crash on changing screens after current density plot
- Bugfix: (Common) Some fixes related to checkin/checkout of floating license from server
- Bugfix: (Common) Fix for odb++ import with dielectric boundary
- Bugfix: (Common) Fix for crash for log sweep for single frequency input
- Bugfix: (Common) Fix for crash in load-box construction
- Bugfix: (Common) Fix for connection points for components embedded in odb++
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.6
- Enhancement: (Common) Support for probing ground component
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.5
- Enhancement: (Common) Support for snp file components without common reference
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.4
- Bugfix: (Common) Fix related to reading pins
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.3
- Bugfix: (Common) ODB++ surface-record related bug fixes
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.2
- Bugfix: (Common) Connection issues with some components on PCBs resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.1
- Enhancement: (Common) Speed improvement in importing PCBs
- Bugfix: (Common) Connection issues with some components on PCBs resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.2.0
- New: (Common) Reporting scheme for BCI and RE with executive summary
- Enhancement: 10x faster PCB loading
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.1.1
- Enhancement: (Common) Cutting-plane operation for help in merging PCB/connector/housing
- Enhancement: (Common) Hide and show individual nets
- Enhancement: (RE) Only PCB outline in Cable-PCB apparatus interface for speed of rendering
- Bugfix: (RE) ICEM noise source import bugs fixed
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.1.0
- Enhancement: (Common) PCB connector housing merge operations made simpler
- Enhancement: (RE) Merge of PCB with cable in 3D
- Enhancement: (RE) Adaptive Frequency Sweep enabled
- Enhancement: (RE) DC operating point for non-linear elements enabled
- Enhancement: (BCI) Improvement in convergence in Harmonic Balance
- Bugfix: (Common) ODB++ missing vias fixed
- Bugfix: (RE) ICEM related crashes fixed
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.0.2
- Enhancement: PCB import add/remove-all-nets single click option
- Enhancement: Harmonic balance convergence of SPICE solver improvements
- Bugfix: Driver related issues for old OS versions resolved
- Bugfix: Loadbox related crashes resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.0.1
- Enhancement: GUI compatibility with Intel 23.xx.xx.xxxx and above drivers
- Enhancement: Warning if loadbox spice file has internal ground node
- Bugfix: Crash in harmonic balance for corner cases
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 2.0.0
- New: Radiated Emissions Laboratory
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.4.3
- Bugfix: SPICE failed to solve issue resolved
- Bugfix: Harmonic balance convergence criterion enhanced for line search
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.4.2
- Enhancement: Harmonic balance convergence madee faster
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.4.1
- Enhancement: Harmonic balance convergence for outliers
- Bugfix: Minor issues related to log reporting
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.4.0
- New: Harmonic balance for full PCB analysis with non-linear elements
- New: BCI-Frequency vs Time plots for voltage and currents across non-linear elements
- New: Ability to indicate failure current for non-linear elements
- New: Generate pass-fail report based on failure thresholds and harmonic balance outputs
- New: Schematic editor for loadbox design
- New: Ability to provide DC bias through loadbox
- New: Quicksolve option for rapid result generation
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.3.2
- Enhancement: Plotting routines
- Enhancement: Smoother progress bar
- Enhancement: Solver integration routines
- Bugfix: Multiple plot csv export
- Bugfix: Cable replicate issue resolved
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.3.1
- Enhancement: Filtering by string support for PCB nets/pins/components
- Enhancement: Remembering directories for project/odb++/spice file etc.
- Enhancement: Plot deletion support
- Enhancement: Plot Zoom and Box Zoom
- Enhancement: Changes in the cable net ordering now resets the apparatus interface
- Bugfix: Minor fix in Window Tabbing
- Bugfix: AFS no longer needs admin mode execution
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.3.0
- New: Consoldated Graphical User Interface with easy access to log messages from any screen
- New: PCB/Connector/Housing merge interface with translate, rotate and 3 pin merge operations
- New: Support for IBIS components
- New: Support for Differential BCI
- New: Support for Grounding DUT through wire parasitic
- New: Support for Diode, BJT as simple component
- New: Reverse diode protection circuit for ICIM PDN library
- Enhancement: Improved PCB finalize speed
- Enhancement: Improved mesh discretization for curve geometries
- Enhancement: Cleaning of poor quality mesh elements
- Enhancement: Improved dielectric mesh quality
- Enhancement: Check net integrity for cable shapes
- Enhancement: Improved predictive meshing
- Enhancement: Improved 3D model support for Connector and Housing
- Enhancement: Pin names same as in ODB++
- Enhancement: Better memory management of 3D CAD
- Enhancement: Component addition and editing in merged apparatus
- Enhancement: Suport for clamp position setting in absolute values
- Bugfix: Removed memory leak for multiple Analyze on same GUI instance
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.2.4
- Bug-fix: Importing spice circuit as component
- Bug-fix: Importing IB with frequency=0 included
- Bug-fix: ICIM PDN assignment when no pin selected
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.2.3
- Enhancement: Net and Pin renaming support
- Enhancement: ODB++ Pad record as VIA support in ODB++
- Enhancement: ODB ++ Support for drawing orphan geometries (feature records without netlist)
- Bug-fix: ODB++ Curvature of certain polygon geometries
- Bug-fix: ODB++ Minor change in copper weight formulation
- Bug-fix: Fixed some crashes during component handling
- Bug-fix: Spice sub-circuit parsing
- Bug-fix: Injection clamp power callibration
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.2.2
- Enhancement: Coloring for cable shapes
- Enhancement: Cable shape on select visual queue
- Bug-fix: Pin creation and deletion issues
- Bug-fix: New component outline
- Bug-fix: Prevent used materials from deletion or type change
- Bug-fix: Some GUI rendering issues
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.2.1
- Bug-fix: Crash in cable delete fixed
- Bug-fix: Crash in 2D plotter fixed
- Minor: Fix in progress reporting
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.2.0
- New: Support for Twisted Pair
- New: Support for IEC-62433-4 Conducted Immunity IC model
- New: BCI pass-fail report generation
- New: Support for IGES and STEP
- New: Power calculation for IC probes
- Enhancement: Component highlighting
- Enhancement: Layer-wise display for PCB
- Enhancement: GUI measurement tool
- Enhancement: GUI Z-axis zoom for PCB visualization
- Enhancement: GUI grid enable
- Enhancement: F-140 clamp model improvement
- Enhancement: Support for user clamp model
- Enhancement: CAD finalize speed improvement
- Enhancement: Solver speed improvement
- Enhancement: Support for ODB++ thermal stencil import
- Bug-fix: Several ODB++ issues fixed
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.1.3
- SimYog™ specific licensing
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.1.2
- Enhancement: ODB++ import - Custom pad shapes support added
- Bug-fix: ODB++ import - plane self-intersecting surfaces issue resolved
- Bug-fix: Special character in net-names supported
- Bug-fix: Minor changes in F-140 library model
Release Notes: Compliance-Scope® 1.1.1
- Bug-fix: SPICE file import for components
- Bug-fix: ODB++ import - surface record parsing minor fix. Fixed few extra warnings thrown unnecessarily
- Bug-fix: ODB++ import - support for Unix style '.Z' compression. Flat folder structure in .zip/.tgz support
- Bug-fix: Analysis interrupted on certain Windows 7 machines
- Minor: Warning added when AFS is discarded due to low number of desired output frequency points
- Minor: Height from table default value reflected on GUI initialization
- Minor: Cable length default value reflected on GUI initialization
- Minor: Linear and log sweep GUI wording for Points made more specific