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Installing Cadence
Installation
System Requirements
- PC: Windows 10 (64-bit) Professional, Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, or greater (Hardware and Software Requirements). Note that Cadence does not support Windows 10 Starter nor Home Basic.
- Mac: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 or greater running on Boot Camp or Parallels
Before Installing
Cadence Forward Annotation Tutorial
Cadence Forward Annotation Tutorial
After having started working on a PCB layout, sooner or later you will likely find changes need to be made to your original schematic. Fortunately, you do not need to start the PCB design over as a result! Forward annotation allows you to essentially export changes made in your schematic into an existing layout, and here is how to do this in Cadence.
Cadence Mounting Hole/Post Tutorial
Cadence Mounting Hole/Post Tutorial
Some components have, in addition to their electrical pins, mechanical supports that must be accounted for in the PCB footprint. Otherwise, without mounting holes for these pins to go into, the component will not fit onto the board. This tutorial will demonstrate how to add the mounting holes to the footprint for a THB001P joystick.
Cadence simulation tutorials
This page lists tutorials for doing circuit simulations in Cadence.
Cadence Walkthrough: PSoC 4 BLE Module
Introduction
This Cadence walkthrough goes through the process of creating a PSoC® 4 BLE module schematic symbol and PCB footprint.
How to Create a Silkscreen in Cadence and Manually Add Text to it
How to Create a Silkscreen in Cadence and Manually Add Text to it
- Create a (finalized) PCB layout. Note that the amount of additional work required for a good silkscreen layer will depend on how your PCB footprints were designed. This example will use the board shown below:
Merging Multiple Schematics into a Single Schematic
Merging Multiple Schematics into a Single Schematic
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Take note of all the files involved in the schematics you are merging, and ensure you have all of them. These include .dsn (design), .opj (project) and .olb (library) files, in addition to .psm (Package symbol, a.k.a. PCB footprint) files.
Packaging Cadence Files for Submission
Introduction
This tutorial goes through how to package Cadence schematic and PCB files for submission to Canvas.
