This is a major ergonomics and usability feature that we have been working on for awhile. This is not available on mobile devices, it is a desktop only feature. Using an external display, you can now display the video of your circuit board on one screen, while your inspectAR menus are displayed on another. You can now connect more than one display to inspectAR. As it is removed, we will be taking the opportunity to create a more unified and intuitive project creation and sharing flow in future releases.Įxisting project creation options such as Eagle, KiCAD, and IPC2581B are now available alongside a more streamlined option for Allegro users. With the success of our self-hosted version this workaround has become redundant. Desktop-only project creation was a workaround for customers who could not access the self-hosted version of the tool and also could not upload design IP into the cloud. In January we released a self-hosted version of inspectAR which has seen remarkable success so far. This is part of a larger plan to discontinue desktop-only project creation in the near future and go all in on a cloud native experience.įor our customers who cannot use the cloud, this is not a step backwards at all. This feature is not available locally on desktops – it is exclusive to cloud customers and enterprises who host their own instance of inspectAR.

As this integration grows there will be more direct integrations between inspectAR and Allegro, especially for cloud customers. There will be no difference between projects created using an IPC2581B file & BOM versus a project created with an Allegro. brd layout file for a PCB designed with Allegro. InspectAR users can now create an inspectAR project directly using the. brd File IntegrationĪs a result of our tight integration with Cadence Design Systems, who acquired inspectAR last August we are excited to announce the first major step of our integration to the Allegro PCB Designer. Enterprise users will still have access to their own single sign on if needed. You can now log in with a username and password directly inside of inspectAR without needing to use your browser on both mobile and desktop platforms. To regular users, the largest change in this release will be our new blue background and integrated SSO login flow. You can now run inspectAR across multiple displays at once, so you can separate your camera feed from inspectAR’s menus.

Our second feature is still in beta, but we’d like to see what you think of it so try and out and let us know. brd file directly, bypassing the need to export and upload manufacturing exports from your design tool for Allegro/OrCAD users. Projects can now be created using an Allegro. InspectAR 2.9.0 come with two major features for new users.

Allegro brd viewer