Creating a Board Outline in Cadence PCB Editor
What is a board outline?
A board outline is the outermost boundary of a printed circuit board design. It is used by the PCB manufacturer to cut the printed circuit board to the specified size and shape.
Creating a Custom DC Barrel Jack Schematic Symbol and PCB Footprint in Cadence
Creating a Custom DC Barrel Jack Schematic Symbol and PCB Footprint in Cadence (Includes Padstack Tutorial)
Creating a custom library in Cadence
In order to use schematic symbols imported from the web or custom created for your project (very common), you must create a custom symbol library in which to save them. It is good practice to create a custom library for each project that you work on to save your schematic symbols. To create a custom library, do the following:
Creating a custom padstack in Cadence
Introduction
A padstack is a design for the exposed copper surface area for each hole or pad on the board where the component is mounted and soldered (see example, Figure 1). You may need to create a custom padstack when creating custom parts to ensure that the pad and hole are big enough to be reliable. This tutorial describes the manual creation of custom padstacks using the Pad Designer application.
Creating a custom PCB footprint manually in Cadence
Introduction
A PCB footprint is the physical layout on a PCB to which a component is soldered. Usually, you must create a custom PCB footprint for each custom schematic symbol that you create. Footprints can be made for many standard components (e.g., basic ICs) using the Package Symbol Wizard (see the Creating a PCB footprint using Package Designer in Cadence page), but more complex components (like switching power supply ICs with thermal reliefs) must be created by hand. This tutorial details the manual creation of a custom footprint.
Creating a custom PCB footprint using Package Designer in Cadence
Introduction
A PCB footprint is the physical layout on a PCB to which a component is soldered. Usually, you must create a custom PCB footprint for each custom schematic symbol that you create. This tutorial details the easiest way to make custom footprints using the Package Symbol (Wizard).
Creating a custom schematic symbol in Cadence
Introduction
In most designs, some components will not be available in built-in libraries. The purpose of this tutorial is to show how to make a custom schematic symbol that can be used in the design of schematics in Cadence.
Creating a custom SMD footprint manually in Cadence
Introduction
This tutorial will walk through the creation of a custom surface-mount device (SMD) footprint manually. A MCH3382 Power MOSFET from ON Semiconductor will be used as an example.
