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Elsyca Releases Updates to DFM Software
May 29, 2023 | ElsycaEstimated reading time: 1 minute

Elsyca NV has released updates to its PCBBalance, a DFM software that applies automated and optimized copper balancing to PCB designs and panel layout.
The PCBBalance v2.1 features additional color plot visualization options, which provides Plot Key Performance Indicator values per PCB product on the panel including standard deviation, CPK, and fraction of surface within specifications.
The DFM tool also enables copper balancing of Gerber output files, wherein users can adjust copper balancing position by defining small shifts in (X,Y) directions upon export.
The new version also enables definition of no-go zones, provides the possibility to import predefined plating process and balancing parameter sets (recipes) from a custom directory for direct use in PCBBalance (new recipes can be saved to custom directory if user has necessary admin rights), enables manual selection of plate boxes from library or automatic selection based on panel size, as well as decoupling of front and back side image balancing parameters to allow optimal copper balancing pattern on both sides.
Finally, PCBBalance v2.1 enables a more accurate prediction of the copper deposit thickness in and around HDI areas to account for high local copper density fractions during the copper plating processes.
Simulation projects executed in the previous version of Elsyca PCBBalance should not be opened in the current one but should be rerun with Elsyca PCBBalance v2.1.