EDN

Mentor Graphics extends the popular PADS PCB design tool

The PADS PCB Product Creation Platform has been enhanced with the inclusion of advanced analog/mixed-signal and high-speed analysis that addresses engineering challenges associated with mixed-signal ...
电子工程专辑

AD设计的PCB导入到PADS有不少问题，解决方法讲解

PADS导入AD设计的PCB，有不少问题，是不能直接拿来使用的。如下图所示，刚在PADS Layout界面里导入了一个AD设计的PCB。 从图中可以看出，PCB中所有元器件的管脚都是同一种颜色，分不清元器件是在顶层还是在底层。其实是PCB所有的网络都被默认设置成了一种颜色。
电子工程专辑

PADS(Layout)中如何选中胶粘（锁定）元器件？

《PADS快问快答》系列教程的软件版本基本是基于PADS9.5，如果是新版本特有的功能会在文章开头注明！本教程都是日常工作中遇到问题的总结，包括错误处理，软件小技巧等，是实用系列帮助手册，惠存！ 工作中我们在Layout的时候经常会把一个元器件 ...
Business Wire

New Component Library Available for Mentor Graphics PADS PCB Design Tools

WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2003--Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT), the market leader in printed circuit board (PCB) design software, today announced it has established a ...
Electronics Weekly

Mentor revives PADS PCB design for low end

Mentor Graphics has resurrected the PADS name for circuit board designers, bringing out three toolsets for low to mid end PCB layout. Called PADS Suites, the Windows-based tools address the ...
EDN

Precience tool links OrCAD to PADS PCB

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Precience (Rockville, Md.), the renamed Cadsoft, released PCBNavigator 3.0 at this week's PCB West Design Conference, claiming an unprecedented level of integration between OrCAD ...
Electronic Design

Motor-Driver PCB Layout Guidelines (Part 2)

6. SOT-23 and SOIC packages are typically used in low-power motor drivers. Standard leaded packages, like SOIC and SOT-23 packages, are often used for low-power motor drivers (Fig. 6). To maximize the ...