Powerful schematic entry, professional level simulation and analysis in one affordable package
In today’s engineering design environment, electrical engineers are asked to perform a variety of challenges in a fraction of the time. Along with schematic entry, circuit simulation is becoming an integral part of the schematic design process. Recognizing this need, Cadence® has created the Cadence OrCAD® EE Designer suite—a highly integrated front-end design solution with Cadence OrCAD Capture and Cadence PSpice® AD in a single package.
To stay competitive in today’s market, companies must get their designs from engineering through manufacturing with shorter design cycles. To increase their productivity, engineers need a set of powerful, intuitive, and integrated technologies that work seamlessly across the entire design flow. OrCAD PCB designer has a long history of addressing these demands.
Benefits
- Provides fast, intuitive schematic editing
- Boosts schematic editing efficiency through design reuse
- Imports and exports every commonly used design file format
- Faster simulation times, higher reliability, and better convergence on larger designs
- Explores design relationships with “what if” scenarios before committing to hardware
- Explores circuit behavior using basic DC, AC, noise, and transient analyses
- Offers library selection of more than 18,000 analog and mixed-signal models
- New simulation performance technology saves time, improves reliability, and aids convergence on larger designs
- Offers solutions that can be tailored to fit specific design needs and budget requirements, maximizing investment with a low cost of entry and ownership
- Optional MATLAB Simulink interface allows system- level interfaces to be tested with actual electrical designs emulating realworld applications
- Tightly integrated applications provide a seamless data flow, ensuring data integrity
- Availability of resources such as multivendor models, built-in mathematical functions, and behavioral modeling techniques enable an efficient simulation process
- Single-button simulation, cross-probing, and full integration with OrCAD Capture improves productivity and data integrity
- Magnetic Parts Editor saves time and reduces errors by automating the design of inductors and transformers
System Requirements
Operating System
- Windows 2008 Server, Windows 2003 Server, all Service Packs (32-bit only)
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit) except Home Basic.
- Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit) except Home Premium
Note: Cadence SPB and OrCAD products do not support Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows NT operating system (versions 4.0 and earlier).
Hardware
- Intel IA-32 compatible (includes Intel P4 EMT and AMD OpteronTM); 1.2 GHz minimum; 2.4 GHz or more is recommended.
- DVD-ROM drive
- Ethernet card (for network communications and security hostID)
- Three-button Microsoft-compatible mouse
Note: Cadence SPB products do not support the IPF chip.
Minimum Hardware
- 1 GB physical memory
- 10 GB disk space
- virtual memory should be at least double the available physical memory
- 1024x768 resolution with 64,000 colours
Recommended Hardware
- 2 GB physical memory
- 50 GB disk space
- virtual memory should be at least double the available physical memory
- 1280x1024 Colour quality 32 bit graphics
A dedicated graphics card is recommended.
OrCAD Suites
The OrCAD Suites are built upon the proven OrCAD technologies of OrCAD Capture, OrCAD Capture CIS, OrCAD PCB Designer, Specctra for OrCAD and PSpice, the OrCAD suites offer the flexability to choose the appropriate solution tailored to meet the specific needs of your design challange:
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