Electronics · 2026
Reference design migration and obsolescence resolution
Moving an NVIDIA reference design from OrCAD into Altium — and keeping a production board alive when a MOSFET went end-of-life.
The problem
The client's products build on an NVIDIA reference design that only existed in OrCAD/Cadence, while their engineering runs in Altium Designer. In parallel, a P-channel MOSFET on a shipping board was discontinued by its manufacturer.
What we built
- Full migration of the reference design into Altium: schematics, library parts and design rules, reviewed sheet by sheet against the original
- Obsolescence analysis for the discontinued MOSFET: electrical and package comparison of candidate successors
- Selection of a drop-in replacement that needed no layout or resistor changes
- Supplier communication in German and a documented change note for production
Result
The design now lives in the client's own toolchain and can be evolved by their team. The production board kept shipping without a re-spin.
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