PADS
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What is PADS?
PADS is a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) design software suite developed by Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics). It's used by electrical engineers and PCB designers to create schematics, layout printed circuit boards, and simulate the performance of electronic circuits. PADS offers tools for component placement, routing, signal integrity analysis, and manufacturing preparation, enabling the design of complex electronic systems.
What other technologies are related to PADS?
PADS Competitor Technologies
OrCAD
OrCAD is a suite of electronic design automation (EDA) tools for PCB design, similar to PADS.
Altium
Altium (specifically Altium Designer) is a major competitor in the PCB design software market, offering a complete design environment.
DX Designer
DxDesigner, now part of Siemens EDA, is a schematic capture tool often used in conjunction with other PCB design tools like Xpedition.
Xpedition
Xpedition is a comprehensive PCB design and analysis tool, directly competing with PADS.
Allegro
Cadence Allegro is a high-end PCB design tool that competes directly with PADS in the high-performance PCB market.
DxDesigner
Duplicate entry of DX Designer
Altium Designer
Altium Designer is a major competitor in the PCB design software market, offering a complete design environment.
Cadence Allegro
Cadence Allegro is a high-end PCB design tool that competes directly with PADS in the high-performance PCB market.
Number of organizations that mention technology
1,096
PADS
2,998
OrCAD
6,428
Altium
93
DX Designer
379
Xpedition
1,522
Allegro
198
DxDesigner
4,341
Altium Designer
857
Cadence Allegro
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PADS Complementary Technologies
Hyperlynx
Hyperlynx is a signal integrity and power integrity analysis tool that can be used to simulate and verify PCB designs created in PADS.
Valor
Valor is a manufacturing process and data management tool used in PCB fabrication, and complements PCB design tools.
CAM350
CAM350 is a tool used for Gerber file verification and analysis, a necessary step before PCB manufacturing, thus complementing PADS.
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Which job functions commonly mention PADS?
Hardware Engineer
0.8% of all Hardware Engineer jobs mention PADS
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Chip Designer
0.6% of all Chip Designer jobs mention PADS
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Electrical Engineer
0.5% of all Electrical Engineer jobs mention PADS
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Technical Designer
0.1% of all Technical Designer jobs mention PADS
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Engineer
3199 Engineer jobs mention PADS
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