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« 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.
À qui ce cours s’adresse-t-il ?
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
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