Thermal Analysis

Powerful and highly affordable CoolitPCB enables PCB designers to do their own board level thermal analyses. Electrical engineers now can predict the thermal behavior of their designs and pinpoint optimum component placement on their boards. There is no need for CFD expertise; CoolitPCB's intelligent user interface steers the user through the solution process. But users shouldn't be fooled by this simplicity. Under the hood is the Coolit's robust, proven and advanced computational engine, that has been successfully used in thousands of design projects.

CoolitPCB costs a small fraction of competing tools, yet there is no compromise in functionality. The software will enable the import of board designs from CAD and EDA software, perform testing for standard JEDEC slots, forced convection wind tunnels, and free convection, as well as custom setups. In addition, it will report component junction temperature, case temperature, as well as detailed 3D airflow and temperature distribution. CoolitPCB is fully integrated with Daat's flagship thermal design software, Coolit, so board designs can be readily incorporated into system level analysis.

Features and Benefits

CoolitPCB CFD software is designed specifically for predicting airflow and heat transfer in board designs. It brings to your desktop advanced state-of-the-art thermal analysis in one easy to use, high performance package. With CoolitPCB, board designers can spend less time doing thermal analysis and more time doing their real job, designing circuits.

  •  Easy-to-use and requires no expert thermal knowledge
  •  Low cost is perfect for shoestring budgets
  •  Intelligent user interface guides users through problem setup eliminating common mistakes
  •  Powerful solver that provides quick and accurate thermal predictions
  •  Reliable analysis built on the Coolit computational engine
  •  Imports ECAD and CAD providing time saving compatibility
  •  Seamlessly integrates with Coolit for easy incorporation into system level analysis

Import, Build, and Solve board models in CoolitPCB

  •  IDF file format including both geometry and physical properties of board and components. Select components for import based on their size, power, and other parameters.
  •  Standard JEDEC environments of a windtunnel, card slot, or free convection can be preloaded, or build your own custom environment.
  •  Complex models are built in minutes using component models, heat sinks, boards, and libraries.
  •  Powerful 3D CFD solver computes forced and free convection, conduction, and radiation heat transfer in minutes.

Visualisation and Reporting

  •  Flooded and line contour display of temperature and other variables in interactively selected 2D cross sections and 3D solid body displays
  •  On-line flow animation and visualization: inject particles in the flow stream and watch them circulate through the system
  •  Export flow animations and HTML reports for the modeled system and board

CoolitPCB case files are fully compatible with Coolit. CoolitPCB is compatible with Windows 2000, NT, and XP. Recommended minimum computer requirements: 256 Mb RAM, and 500 Mb disk space.

 

CoolitPCB is provided by:
Daat Research Corporation

CoolitPCB is distributed in the UK by Quadra Solutions Ltd.  Call our product specialists now on 01254 301888 to find out more.