Month: 2025-09 | Repository: ansys/pyaedt-examples. This month focused on improving compatibility, reliability, and guidance for users working with GDS workflows and EDB examples. Key efforts included (1) GDS workflow example modernization to align with the new pyedb API and dynamic AEDT version handling; refactored to use Settings.specified_version and updated object instantiation to support multiple AEDT environments. Commits: bbd537df8e09b351beb6412e067bf28eee0c99a1; 44ebcb3812fe50b6540e92e9cd266b7a426b16a1. (2) PCB pcb_dc_ir.py cutout expansion fix correcting the expansion_size from string '20mm' to numeric 0.02 to ensure proper unit handling in EDB tools. Commit: 9f8cb354513d15b3bd4b7dbbfbd8b4e4765acb50. (3) EDB examples documentation expansion to include new port types and impedance details for sources, plus a minor comment typo fix to improve user guidance. Commit: 66afb93f39a78e510a17e2837cddffdc8f855ebc. Overall impact: improved toolchain compatibility, reduced setup friction, and clearer guidance for users; demonstrated Python refactoring, API migration, unit handling, and documentation practices. Business value: smoother onboarding, fewer runtime issues, and lower support overhead for example-driven workflows.

June 2025 monthly summary for ansys/pyaedt-examples: Delivered TOML Configuration Serialization feature to support TOML-based configuration management alongside JSON, improving user flexibility and reproducibility of examples. Integrated TOML library, added dict-to-TOML conversion, and added printing of TOML strings for examples. This work provides an alternative configuration path, enhances debugging, and aligns with ongoing config-management refactors.

May 2025 monthly summary: This period focused on feature delivery and configuration-driven improvements for EDB workflows, with significant refactors and an example-driven script. Key deliverables include a refactor of import_material.py to clarify material configuration loading (improving reliability of EDB material management), a new configuration-based EDB cutout example script with accompanying docs, and support for a new SI VERSE Board variant via a new binary definition file and updated EDB board definition. No major bugs were documented as fixed in this period. Overall impact: improved maintainability, reproducibility, and time-to-value for materials and board configurations. Technologies demonstrated: Python refactoring, configuration-driven design, scripting automation, and documentation coverage.

April 2025 - ansys/pyaedt-examples: Documentation enhancements for EDB configuration, including a new Workflow section, typo correction in PCB Power Integrity DCIR analysis, and toctree navigation reorganization to reflect available links. No major bugs fixed this month. Impact: clearer docs, faster onboarding, and reduced support effort. Technologies: Sphinx docs, toctree organization, and documentation workflow improvements.

Monthly summary for 2025-03: Delivered a new Configuration-Driven Transmission Line Generation Example in ansys/pyaedt-examples, enabling users to construct a simple transmission line via a JSON-defined stackup, materials, traces, planes, padstacks, and wave ports. This feature demonstrates a refactored, modular approach to generating complex layouts and includes updated documentation linking to the new example. These changes streamline design automation and improve reproducibility for complex PCB/RF layouts. No critical bugs fixed this month for this repository; maintenance focused on stability and code quality.

January 2025 monthly summary for ansys/example-data: Implemented a binary asset integration to support EDB power board definitions. Added power_board.aedb to the pyaedt/edb/ path, enabling use of predefined EDB assets without code changes. This reduces setup time for new boards and improves consistency across environments.