Library management
Create and curate verified library IP, with technically and supply-chain accurate components. Manage PCB footprints, schematic symbols, mechanical models and procurement information in one unified environment.
Connected electronic design
Allegro Pulse
Design collaboration, traceability, and visibility.
Connect management, engineering and supply chain to work-in-progress design data. Keep everyone informed, bring component intelligence into the design environment and build a complete digital thread across the product lifecycle.
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One collaborative platform
Keep the whole team connected to the design.
Allegro Pulse connects management, engineering and other business stakeholders to work-in-progress design data, giving everyone near-real-time insights early in the project. Managers can see whether projects are on schedule, meeting cost targets and standards compliant, while engineers access up-to-date component and supply-chain information inside their design environment.
The platform manages CAD libraries and designs with automatic version control. Automated workflows support continuous process improvements, and concurrent team design allows people to work on the same project across geographies and corporate boundaries.
Up-to-date BOMs let supply-chain teams influence preferred parts early, helping manage cost and risk before manufacturing. Information is secured through roles and permissions, providing traceability throughout the design process and integrating electronics design into the wider product lifecycle.
Key features and benefits
From trusted library IP to enterprise collaboration.
Design IP management
Keep design IP centrally controlled and available for reuse. Version On Save automatically versions schematic and PCB designs, helping engineers explore alternatives and roll back while protecting company IP.
Design collaboration
Enable multiple teams to design concurrently across roles, geographies and company boundaries. Work on schematics using sheet-based or hierarchical approaches, with linked schematic and PCB versions and traceable update notifications.
Unified search
Find components and design IP with a fully parametric, customisable library search. Sort and filter your CAD library, access multiple content providers and initiate new part requests from the parts you find.
Enterprise collaboration
Connect the electronic design process to leading PLM systems. Bring current part information into the design environment and deliver BOMs, 3D model data and manufacturing outputs back to the enterprise.
Workflow automation
Automate collaborative tasks with repeatable, traceable processes. Workflows can include multiple participants and phase or gate criteria, supporting everything from individual tasks to complex design projects.
LiveBOM
Give stakeholders real-time access to the work-in-progress bill of materials. Automatically update the BOM as the design evolves, with statistics and rollups for cost, time and risk.
Web participant
Extend collaboration beyond the CAD desktop. Managers, supply-chain professionals, manufacturing and quality teams can participate and track design progress using a web browser.
Supply chain collaboration
A living BOM, not another spreadsheet.
Allegro Pulse removes the notion of a static BOM and makes it a collaborative workflow. As engineers use components in a design, LiveBOM automatically updates the bill of materials and makes it accessible to other stakeholders.
Component engineers and supply-chain professionals can view BOMs in a browser and make real-time suggestions for improvement. Statistics and rollups help the whole team track cost, time and risk as the project progresses.
Enterprise collaboration
Connect design to the product lifecycle.
Allegro Pulse provides out-of-the-box connectors for major PLM systems. Engineers can use current part information supplied by PLM and update the enterprise with the current BOM, 3D model data and manufacturing deliverables with a single click.
- Oracle / Agile
- PTC Windchill
- Siemens Teamcenter
- Dassault 3DEXPERIENCE
- Dassault Systems 3DEXPERIENCE WORKS
At a glance
What is Cadence Allegro Pulse and what does it do?
Manages PCB design data
Pulse provides version control, access control, search, and an organised record of design files, libraries, documents, discussions, and issues, reducing manual file handling and the risk of people working on the wrong revision.
Provides a live work-in-progress BOM
Its LiveBOM gives stakeholders a near-real-time view of the BOM as the design evolves, so component choices, cost, availability, and compliance issues can be reviewed early rather than discovered late.
Connects engineering to the wider business
Non-CAD users can participate through a browser, while Pulse integrates with enterprise PLM systems for publishing and retrieving approved product data.
Enforces preferred and approved parts
Component engineering and procurement can define preferred parts and apply those choices during design, helping prevent unsuitable, obsolete, or non-compliant components entering the BOM.
Supports distributed team design
It enables concurrent work across sites and organisations, with controlled versions and revision history for PCB layouts and other design data.
Automates workflows
Routine collaboration tasks, such as review, release, change control, and data handoff, can be made traceable and repeatable rather than handled through email and spreadsheets.
Benefits for every stakeholder
| User | Main benefit |
|---|---|
| PCB designers | Spend less time managing files, revisions, libraries, and status updates; more time designing. |
| Engineering managers | Get early visibility of schedule, cost, resource, and compliance risks from live project data. |
| Procurement / supply chain | Can influence component selection early, track BOM changes, and reduce sourcing or obsolescence surprises. |
| Manufacturing / quality | Gain visibility into the evolving design and BOM, improving readiness and reducing late-stage changes. |
| Executives / business stakeholders | See project health, spend, and risk through dashboards without needing to open CAD tools. |
| The wider organisation | Reuses validated design IP, libraries, and project knowledge instead of recreating them. |
Allegro Pulse
Bring your design team together.
Talk to Parallel Systems about collaborative design, library management and connecting your engineering workflow to the enterprise.