The Add Board Dialog

Board information is added to an XJDeveloper project from the Add Board dialog box (Figure 2). This opens automatically when a new project is created, or can be launched manually either by clicking the Add New Board... tile in the main area of the Boards screen, or by clicking the Add New... button at the bottom of the Boards screen:

Click Add New Board... to enter data for a new board

Figure 1: Launching the Add Board Dialog Box from the Boards Screen

Each board requires a name. However, the Name box can be left empty at this stage because it will be automatically filled with the netlist name when one is imported. This can be useful because it will normally show which revision of netlist has been used. In multi-board systems, it is often helpful to provide a name that is more descriptive of the particular board (e.g. processor board), in which case it can be entered now. An optional description of the board can also be added as shown in Figure 2:

Name of the board being added (can be left blank initially) Optional description of the board Section for importing a netlist and configuring XJDeveloper to use any contained BOM information Section to use for importing a separate BOM file, adding a schematic and specifying an associated ICT machine

Figure 2: The "Add Board" Dialog

The next step is to use the other sections of this dialog box to import the design files and to map relevant BOM fields to XJDeveloper's data types.

• Information for a board can be edited at any time within the Boards screen – see Editing Board Information.