Cadence OrCAD Insights

What is Cadence OrCAD?

Cadence OrCAD is a suite of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools used for printed circuit board (PCB) design. It encompasses schematic capture, PCB layout, and circuit simulation functionalities. It's commonly used by electrical engineers and PCB designers to create and simulate electronic circuits and design the physical layout of PCBs for a wide range of electronic devices.

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What other technologies are related to Cadence OrCAD?

Cadence OrCAD Competitor Technologies

XDesigner

XDesigner is a competing EDA tool that also provides PCB design capabilities

mentioned alongside Cadence OrCAD in 80% (52) of relevant job posts

Altium

Altium Designer is a direct competitor to Cadence OrCAD in the PCB design software market.

mentioned alongside Cadence OrCAD in 1% (341) of relevant job posts

Expedition

Expedition is a PCB design tool by Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics), competing with OrCAD.

mentioned alongside Cadence OrCAD in 3% (57) of relevant job posts

Altium Designer

Altium Designer is a direct competitor to Cadence OrCAD in the PCB design software market.

mentioned alongside Cadence OrCAD in 1% (156) of relevant job posts

LTSpice

LTSpice is a free SPICE simulator, directly competing with OrCAD's PSpice for circuit simulation.

mentioned alongside Cadence OrCAD in 1% (87) of relevant job posts

Cadence OrCAD Complementary Technologies

Verilog/FPGAs

Verilog and FPGAs can be used to implement hardware designs that are simulated and verified using Cadence OrCAD.

mentioned alongside Cadence OrCAD in 100% (66) of relevant job posts

mobile SoC and PMIC

OrCAD can be used to design the board and interconnections for Mobile SoCs and PMICs. This makes it complementary.

mentioned alongside Cadence OrCAD in 100% (63) of relevant job posts

high speed digital test equipment

OrCAD can be used to design the boards used in high-speed test equipment. Results of testing may also be used to drive design changes in OrCAD, so it is complementary.

mentioned alongside Cadence OrCAD in 90% (60) of relevant job posts