Pulse Instruments of Torrance, Calif., a commercial test equipment manufacturer for infrared and CCD imaging technologies, has entered into an agreement to combine its PI-2005 digital pattern generator with SynaptiCad Inc.'s EDA software tools. The alliance is designed to enable the user to easily program a pattern generator with enough stimulus vectors to adequately exercise a hardware prototype. The Blacksburg, Va.-based software firm's WaveFormer Pro and TestBencher Pro software allow the reuse of waveforms from the simulation phase to serve as stimulus vectors for the PI-2005.