Cadence ORCAD PCB DESIGN SUITES Datasheet
DATASHEET
CADENCE OrCAD PCB
DESIGN SUITES
Cadence® OrCAD® PCB design suites combine industry-leading,
production-proven, and highly scalable PCB design applications
to deliver complete schematic entry, simulation, and place-androute solutions. With these powerful, intuitive tools that integrate
seamlessly across the entire PCB design flow, engineers can quickly
move products from conception to final output.
Cadence OrCAD PCB design
technologies are available in the
following suites:
• Cadence OrCAD PCB Designer
Basics
• Cadence OrCAD PCB Designer
• Cadence OrCAD PCB Designer
with PSpice
• Cadence OrCAD EE Designer
• Cadence OrCAD EE Designer Plus
To stay competitive in today’s market,
companies must move their designs from
engineering to manufacturing within evershrinking design schedules. Available as
standalone products or in comprehensive
suites, Cadence OrCAD personal
productivity tools have a long history
of addressing PCB design challenges,
whether simple or complex.
The powerful, tightly integrated PCB
design technologies include OrCAD
Capture for schematic design, various
librarian tools, OrCAD PCB Editor for
place and route, PSpice® A/D for circuit
simulation, OrCAD
Signal Explorer for
signal integrity analysis,
and SPECCTRA® for
OrCAD for automatic
routing. Easy to use and
intuitive, these tools bring
exceptional value and
future-proof scalability
to the Cadence Allegro®
system interconnect
design platform to
grow with future design
demands.
OrCAD PCB design suites provide
integrated front-end design and
simulation technology (Cadence OrCAD
EE Designer) as well as an integrated
back-end place-and-route design solution
(Cadence OrCAD PCB Designer) to boost
productivity and accelerate time to
market.
BENEFITS
• Future-proof scalability with tiered and
segmented technology meets a wide
array of PCB design challenges and
requirements
Figure 1: OrCAD PCB design suites provide a complete place-and-route
environment including interactive and automatic routing, cross-probing,
and constraint management
• Solutions can be tailored to specic
design needs and budget requirements,
maximizing investment with a low cost
of entry and ownership
is done without the need to
translate databases or libraries,
learn new applications, or
change use models.
• Production-proven and easy-to-use PCB
design solutions boost productivity and
help meet project schedules
• Tightly integrated applications provide a
seamless data flow, ensuring integrity
FEATURES
PRODUCTION-PROVEN
OrCAD PCB design technologies combine
production-proven OrCAD and Allegro
technologies into comprehensive frontto-back solutions. Utilized in every market
segment and production environments at
leading high-tech companies, OrCAD PCB
design technologies are proven to help
meet aggressive schedules and technology
goals in today’s challenging design
environments.
SCALABILITY
Unlike other PCB design solutions, OrCAD
PCB design suites can grow with future
design needs and technology challenges.
They provide a feature-rich, fully scalable
solution that can be expanded and
upgraded as PCB challenges and the level
of design sophistication grows.
OrCAD PCB design suites combine both
time-proven and new OrCAD technology,
and they reflect the Cadence commitment
to and investment in powerful, easy-touse PCB design technology. Technology
is shared across the OrCAD and Allegro
product lines, so the design suites can
easily be upgraded from the OrCAD line
to the Allegro platform. This migration
PARTNERSHIPS/
ECOSYSTEM
Cadence understands the
complex PCB design challenges
of today’s competitive market
and the need for tailored
solutions and support. Through
our worldwide network of
Cadence Channel Partners
(VARs), we’re able to better
serve a broader customer base
with superior sales, support, and
service.
Collaboration with third-party vendors/
OEMs extend OrCAD and Allegro
PCB design solutions, providing
complementary and custom design
capability. This ecosystem leverages the
strengths and synergies of Cadence and
third-party technologies for the best
possible solution and value to customers.
OrCAD PCB Designer Basics
OrCAD PCB Designer
OrCAD PCB Designer with
PSpice
OrCAD EE Designer
OrCAD EE Designer Plus
Table 1: OrCAD PCB design suites offer the flexibility to choose a solution tailored to meet specific design needs
* Limited database (layers, components, connections)
Figure 2: Constraint Manager allows definition, management, and
validation of physical/spacing constraints, as well as design rule
checks, through an easy-to-use spreadsheet interface
SALES, TECHNICAL
SUPPORT, AND TRAINING
The OrCAD product line is owned by
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., and
supported by a worldwide network of
Cadence Channel Partners (VARs). For
sales, technical support, or training,
contact your local VAR. For a complete list
of authorized VARs, visit www.cadence.
com/Alliances/channel_partner.
OrCAD
Capture
PSpice
A/D
PSpice
Advanced
Analysis
OrCAD
PCB
Editor
*
SPECCTRA
for OrCAD
Optional
Optional
© 2010 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cadence, the Cadence l ogo, Alle gro, OrCA D, PSpice , and SPE CCTRA are registered trademarks of
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All others are properties of their respec tive hold ers.
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