Cadence OrCAD v17.4 for Beginners & Students – NOT Pro EEs!

Cadence OrCAD v17.4 for Beginners & Students – NOT Pro EEs!, available at $79.99, has an average rating of 4.4, with 158 lectures, based on 567 reviews, and has 4371 subscribers.

You will learn about How to build your own 2-layer and 4-layer printed circuit board from scratch How to find and edit pre-made schematic components and draw schematics Troubleshoot schematic and simulation errors and net list errors Draw and modify component footprints (with some IPC-7351B guidelines and templates) Route a PCB and how to do PCB stack-up with copper planes and copper pours Create a 3D model of your printed circuit board Produce Gerber, Drill and Pick and Place files for manufacturing your PCB Build a professional Bill of Materials (BOM) Create assembly drawings and pick and place data for your PCB Prepare documentation to manufacture your PCB This course is ideal for individuals who are Electrical/electronics engineering university students who have taken Circuits 1 or understand Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws. or Hardware/electrical engineering professionals moving from a different PCB CAD software, such as Altium, PADS, DipTrace, etc. or College Professors in electrical/electronics engineering who want to introduce their students to gain some knowledge in printed circuit board design using industry standard software or College Junior Electrical and Electronics (or ECE) Engineering students who don't know where to start or what software to choose for PCB design or Those who understand Ohm's law, transistors, resistors and capacitors and dc voltage and current, who want to learn a commercial PCB design tool so they can get a job and practically perform in it It is particularly useful for Electrical/electronics engineering university students who have taken Circuits 1 or understand Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws. or Hardware/electrical engineering professionals moving from a different PCB CAD software, such as Altium, PADS, DipTrace, etc. or College Professors in electrical/electronics engineering who want to introduce their students to gain some knowledge in printed circuit board design using industry standard software or College Junior Electrical and Electronics (or ECE) Engineering students who don't know where to start or what software to choose for PCB design or Those who understand Ohm's law, transistors, resistors and capacitors and dc voltage and current, who want to learn a commercial PCB design tool so they can get a job and practically perform in it.

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Title: Cadence OrCAD v17.4 for Beginners & Students – NOT Pro EEs!

Price: $79.99

Average Rating: 4.4

Number of Lectures: 158

Number of Published Lectures: 158

Number of Curriculum Items: 159

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 159

Original Price: $89.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

How to build your own 2-layer and 4-layer printed circuit board from scratch
How to find and edit pre-made schematic components and draw schematics
Troubleshoot schematic and simulation errors and net list errors
Draw and modify component footprints (with some IPC-7351B guidelines and templates)
Route a PCB and how to do PCB stack-up with copper planes and copper pours
Create a 3D model of your printed circuit board
Produce Gerber, Drill and Pick and Place files for manufacturing your PCB
Build a professional Bill of Materials (BOM)
Create assembly drawings and pick and place data for your PCB
Prepare documentation to manufacture your PCB

Who Should Attend

Electrical/electronics engineering university students who have taken Circuits 1 or understand Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws.
Hardware/electrical engineering professionals moving from a different PCB CAD software, such as Altium, PADS, DipTrace, etc.
College Professors in electrical/electronics engineering who want to introduce their students to gain some knowledge in printed circuit board design using industry standard software
College Junior Electrical and Electronics (or ECE) Engineering students who don't know where to start or what software to choose for PCB design
Those who understand Ohm's law, transistors, resistors and capacitors and dc voltage and current, who want to learn a commercial PCB design tool so they can get a job and practically perform in it

Target Audiences

Electrical/electronics engineering university students who have taken Circuits 1 or understand Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws.
Hardware/electrical engineering professionals moving from a different PCB CAD software, such as Altium, PADS, DipTrace, etc.
College Professors in electrical/electronics engineering who want to introduce their students to gain some knowledge in printed circuit board design using industry standard software
College Junior Electrical and Electronics (or ECE) Engineering students who don't know where to start or what software to choose for PCB design
Those who understand Ohm's law, transistors, resistors and capacitors and dc voltage and current, who want to learn a commercial PCB design tool so they can get a job and practically perform in it

Student Reviews

“If you would like to have a head start on Orcad schematic capture and PCB layout and don’t have time or budget to take a 2-3 day training class which normally cost about at least $2000 dollars, this course will do. This course helped me tremendously with my real life project – I really appreciate the course – I’m glad I found it at the time when I need it the most. I strongly recommend this course!”
— CD Dao

“Its good to learn the pspice simulation along with the pcb designing… Thank you”
— Puneet Mugal

Description

In this course you will learn how to use OrCAD v17.2 or v17.4. It’s not Allegro Design Entry HDL. For training on that, Capture, etc. consider the Cadence Online support portal. They have the best training I’ve seen so far.

OrCAD in Industry

OrCAD is the stepping stone you need to get more comfortable with Allegro Design Entry HDL software and eventually System Capture. The big companies use Allegro software from Cadence.

OrCAD is more affordable, albeit the Cadence ecosystem of tools are just really challenging to work with since they’re not very intuitive to learn on your own.

The Circuits You Will Be Designing

This introductory course shows you how to create 3 very simple printed circuit boards:

1. A 2-layer LED + Resistor circuit with 2 connectors

2. A 2-layer asynchronous multivibrator circuit with 2 transistors, 4 resistors, 2 capacitors, 2 LEDs, connectors, and test points

3. A 4-layer re-mixed version of the asynchronous multivibrator circuit that also includes a 555 timer chip and 3D modeling.

The above circuits have just the right amount of simplicity for you to focus on the electronics engineering design process. At the same time, the above circuit projects have enough variety to demonstrate the skills you need to create through-hole and surface-mount footprints and finish a simple PCB.

This course focuses on the simple and on principles and the process. I also reveal my general blueprint for PCB design that you can always keep with you to help you remember the phases to build a PCB in OrCAD, EAGLE, Altium, etc.

Who this course IS for

College / University Electrical Engineering Junior Students: If you’re in ECE getting your bachelor’s degree and have taken circuits 1, Electronics 1 and 2 then you can take this course, you have access to academic licensing for a year. Take advantage of it, because the older design engineers are most likely using Allegro and OrCAD. This software will give you the best advantage at looking attractive for a PCB design role. You will also be able to get started with some designs and practically perform with your team.
Junior / Senior electrical hardware design engineers with a Bachelor’s degree or experience with circuits just looking to get familiar with the tool.
Beginners, Hobbyists with an understanding of resistors, capacitors, dc current and voltage, Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws: Those who are looking to get into a professional or commercial PCB design software but don’t know which one to start with. Honestly, you can start with OrCAD or Altium. If you already know Altium, then learn OrCAD next. With those two under your portfolio and some projects completed you will be highly attractive for freelance design work or if you decide to get into the industry.

Who this course is NOT for

Industry professionals. Look if you already know the basics of PCB design or you’re advanced, take advanced training from Cadence instead. If you’re expecting a higher level of examples, complex design, this isn’t the course. It’s an intro to the tool so you know how to find things instead of struggling. That’s it.

Those looking for advanced designs. Or ones looking for what you’ll be using in industry on a regular basis. This course covers some fundamentals, but consider the Cadence Support Portal or other courses to get up to speed for business and work.

If you’re starting completely from zero, then feel free to take this course, but EMA Design Automation has a great tutorial series you can learn from that’s free.

Those who do not have an understanding of how passive electronics work. I recommend learning the theory first, because this course does not focus on theory.

This is NOT for people looking for a complex PCB with blind and buried vias, 6+ layer stack-ups, high speed design and EMI design. If you’re trying to find something that’s concrete, teaches you IPC-7351 or 2221 content in addition to Cadence OrCAD, look elsewhere. If you choose to enroll and give the course a low rating with no explanation, that will only reduce the number of people who could benefit from the course. Save your money and in a different course.

Why should you start becoming familiar with OrCAD?

OrCAD is an affordable path to using the Cadence Allegro engine for PCB layout. That will come in handy later when you need to get into industry with Cadence Design Entry HDL or System Capture or future OrCAD/Allegro based software.

The big boys use Cadence Allegro/System Capture, and the PCB Editor part of that software is very similar to OrCAD.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: OrCAD Lite is Gone (What to do?)

Lecture 2: Introduction and how to get the most value from this course

Lecture 3: If you're using OrCAD Professional – Dongle license issues and how to fix it

Lecture 4: Why should you learn PCB Design using Cadence OrCAD / Allegro?

Chapter 2: Project #1: Fast Simple LED Circuit

Lecture 1: LED: Creating and simulating a schematic in Capture CIS Lite

Lecture 2: LED: Associating Schematic Footprints and Setting PCB Parameters

Lecture 3: LED: Placing Components and Routing the PCB

Lecture 4: LED: Generating Gerber and Drill Files and Online Check

Lecture 5: LED: LED Recap and Finished

Chapter 3: BREAK 1 – Overview of OrCAD Capture

Lecture 1: Projects in Capture and the Design Hierarchy

Lecture 2: Capture Part Libraries

Lecture 3: Creating a Part in Capture Part Editor

Lecture 4: Placing Parts in Capture

Lecture 5: Wiring a Schematic in Capture

Lecture 6: Capture Customization and Preferences

Lecture 7: Capture Annotations, Text and Smart PDF

Chapter 4: Project #2 Phases 1 – 4: The Astable Multivibrator rev A

Lecture 1: 00a – Overview of the phases 1-4 – Design, Parts, Schematic, Simulation

Lecture 2: Project 2 Overview

Lecture 3: 00 – Project 2 Overview

Lecture 4: 01 – Starting a project and customizing your schematic template

Lecture 5: 02 – What's contained in a schematic and the power of PSpice

Lecture 6: 02a – How to Create a Schematic Part in OrCAD Capture

Lecture 7: 03 – Placing parts in a schematic

Lecture 8: 04 – Wiring schematic parts to make the circuit work

Lecture 9: 05 – Nets in your schematic

Lecture 10: 06 – Use PSpice to see how your circuit will work

Lecture 11: 07 – How to re-use a pre-existing schematic for PCB preparation

Lecture 12: 08 – Get your circuit ready for a design rules check

Lecture 13: 09 – How Capture can check your schematic electrical rules for you

Lecture 14: 10 – Rename parts to make your schematic easier to read

Chapter 5: BREAK 2 – Overview of Padstack Editor

Lecture 1: What is a thru-pin padstack?

Lecture 2: Getting started with Padstack Editor

Lecture 3: Through-Hole Padstacks and the editing environment

Chapter 6: BREAK 3 – Overview of PCB Editor

Lecture 1: Environment Setup and Grid Spacing

Lecture 2: Add Lines, Shapes and Text

Lecture 3: Constraints Manager and Vias

Lecture 4: Create Your First Footprint from Scratch

Lecture 5: Creating a surface mount device (SMD) padstack

Lecture 6: Create a Footprint using Package Symbol Wizard

Chapter 7: Project #2 Phase 5: Land Pattern (Footprint) Creation

Lecture 1: 15a – Phase overview for this section

Lecture 2: Footprints and Padstacks Information Download

Lecture 3: 15 – Again, make sure you can find your custom footprints

Lecture 4: 16 – Plated Through-hole resistor (R1, R2)

Lecture 5: 17 – Through-hole capacitor (C2)

Lecture 6: 18 – How to fix soldermask on a footprint (C2)

Lecture 7: 19 – Test Point (TP1, TP2)

Lecture 8: 20 – Header (J1)

Lecture 9: 21 – 1-position header (J2, J3) and how to modify a footprint

Lecture 10: 22 – (D1, D2) How to create, modify and edit a footprint and its pin numbers

Lecture 11: 23 – (Q2) Reusing pads saves time

Lecture 12: 24 – (Q1) Using the zig-zag land pattern

Lecture 13: 25 – (R2, R3) Make a surface mount resistor footprint

Lecture 14: 26 – (C1) Create a surface mount capacitor footprint

Chapter 8: Project #2 Phase 6-7: Transfer and Lay out your PCB

Lecture 1: 27 – Phases 6-7 overview: Transfer to PCB then PCB Layout

Lecture 2: 27a – Let OrCAD find your physical part symbols (footprints)

Lecture 3: 27b – How to match your PCB footprints with your schematic parts

Lecture 4: 27c – Do your PCB outline first

Lecture 5: 27d – Transfer your schematic parts onto a PCB

Lecture 6: 27e – Transfer your Schematic to a PCB

Lecture 7: 28 – Set up custom colors to make layout easier

Lecture 8: 29 – See how PCB represents your PCB work area

Lecture 9: 30 – PCB layer stack up and copper planes

Lecture 10: 31 – Make your life easier with custom hotkeys and shortcuts

Lecture 11: 32 – (Almost) Every PCB needs mounting holes

Lecture 12: 33 – How/Where to place your PCB components (part 1)

Lecture 13: 34 – Making small changes to your footprints during PCB layout

Lecture 14: 35 – Route the PCB (Part 1)

Lecture 15: 36 – Finish routing the PCB (Part 2)

Chapter 9: Projection #2 Phase 8: PCB Production

Lecture 1: Phase 8 Overview – Production

Lecture 2: 37 – Create text on the PCB

Lecture 3: 37b – How to Set up Color Views Before Generating Artwork

Lecture 4: 38 – Artwork films and how to capture your PCB image

Lecture 5: 39 – How to change the origin of your PCB design

Lecture 6: 40 – Create Gerber files for PCB fabrication

Lecture 7: 41 – How to make a drill file for PCB drilling

Chapter 10: Project #2 Phase 9-10: Documentation

Lecture 1: Phases 9-10 Overview – Bill of Materials and Documentation

Lecture 2: 42 – How to check and submit Gerber files for PCB fabrication

Lecture 3: 43 – Communicate all the information about your PCB

Lecture 4: 44 – Make a Bill of Materials to order your parts

Chapter 11: Project #3 Phase 1: Design

Lecture 1: 00 – Project overview (based on a reference design)

Lecture 2: 01 – The blueprint to finish any PCB design

Lecture 3: 02 – Finding a reference design

Lecture 4: 03 – How to make use of a pre-built schematic from Texas Instruments

Chapter 12: Project #3 Phase 2: Parts

Lecture 1: 04 – Fix the diode (pat 1)

Lecture 2: 05 – Fix the diode (part 2)

Lecture 3: 07 – The 10 kΩ resistor schematic symbol

Lecture 4: 08 – Fixing the 2.87 kΩ resistor schematic symbol

Instructors

Kirsch Mackey
Electrical & Electronics Engineer, Data Science Enthusiast

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1 stars: 10 votes
2 stars: 15 votes
3 stars: 53 votes
4 stars: 210 votes
5 stars: 279 votes

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