Xpedition

As part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, the Siemens Xpedition flow – including Xpedition, HyperLynx, and Valor technologies – enables companies to effectively address increasing complexity across the entire electronics systems design ecosystem.

Comprehensive approach to designing electronics

The complexities of modern PCB design necessitate a comprehensive approach that integrates various aspects of the entire design through manufacturing flow. The ideal design flow requires seamless cooperation and synergy across various domains, including electrical, mechanical, software, systems, test, and manufacturing.

Xpedition provides a ground-breaking environment for PCB and other engineers to achieve the concurrency needed to develop today and tomorrow’s complex multi-board electronic systems and the mechanical enclosures within which they must function flawlessly. Xpedition’s system design environment deploys a unique work-in-progress design data management hub, extending it to full systems design, including multi-board system definition, partitioning, optimization and implementation. This allows designers to catch errors before any hardware is constructed.

The five pillars of PCB design

The Xpedition flow clears the hurdles of modern-day product, process, organizational, and supply chain complexity by supporting five best practices in PCB design.

• Digital integration and optimization
• Engineering productivity and efficiency
• Digital prototype-driven verification
• Model-based systems engineering
• Supply chain resilience

These five pillars of electronic systems design provide a roadmap for companies to navigate complexity through the digital transformation of their entire workflow. By implementing these five best practices pillars, companies can optimize their processes, improve team collaboration, reduce design time, lower engineering costs, and increase the reliability and quality of designs.