OnTrack: The PCB Design Podcast

Renesas GreenPAK chips are configured, not programmed, and the free Go Configure Software Hub is where you do it. Roman Yankevych, senior product marketing manager at Renesas, walks Zach Peterson through the redesigned hub and the GreenPAK Designer features that most engineers never stumble onto. 

Working from the SLG46826 window comparator example, he turns tangled wires into net labels, runs the rules checker, diffs two revisions bit by bit in nonvolatile memory, locks a design into a black box and simulates it before a part is ever programmed. You'll also hear where ForgeFPGA fits, why there's no MCU support yet, and what Renesas is planning for AI. If you've only ever dragged blocks around in GreenPAK, there's a lot more in here.

📚 More from this Episode:
- Go Configure Software Hub: https://www.renesas.com/en/software-tool/go-configure-software-hub 
- GreenPAK Programmable Mixed-Signal Products: https://www.renesas.com/en/products/programmable-mixed-signal-asic-ip-products/greenpak-programmable-mixed-signal-products 
- HVPAK: https://www.renesas.com/en/products/programmable-logic/greenpak-programmable-mixed-signal-products/hvpak 
- AnalogPAK: https://www.renesas.com/en/products/programmable-logic/greenpak-programmable-mixed-signal-products/analogpak 
- ForgeFPGA: https://www.renesas.com/en/products/programmable-logic/forgefpga-low-density-fpgas 
- Renesas Academy: https://academy.renesas.com
- SLG46826, the chip used in the demo: https://www.renesas.com/en/products/slg46826 
- SLG47011: https://www.renesas.com/en/products/slg47011 
- GreenPAK support: GreenPAK@renesas.com 

💡 Watch Next:
Programmable Logic Made Easy: GreenPAK Tutorial with Dima Mymrikov: https://youtu.be/2b4TWE5zlB4
- The Custom Power Chip You Configure Yourself: Power GreenPAK with Sidney Chan: https://youtu.be/5oPQb7JktCM
- GreenPAK for Automotive: Reliability, Integration & Real-World Demos: https://youtu.be/ZjqgSIMcCTA
- GreenPAK: One Chip, Reprogrammed for Every Product Generation: https://youtube.com/shorts/BcDJJ5JjfhI

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