OrCAD

OrCAD

Screenshot  Orcad Schematic Capture Program
Original author(s)	Cadence Design Systems
Stable release	16.3
Written in	C/C++
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Type	Electronic design automation
License	Proprietary
Website	http://www.cadence.com/orcad/

OrCAD is a proprietary software tool suite used primarily for electronic design automation. The software is used mainly to create electronic prints for manufacturing of printed circuit boards, by electronic design engineers and electronic technicians to create electronic schematics.

The name OrCAD is a portmanteau, reflecting the software's origins: Oregon + CAD.

The OrCAD product line is fully owned by Cadence Design Systems. The latest iteration has the ability to maintain a database of available integrated circuits. This database may be updated by the user by downloading packages from component manufacturers, such as Analog Devices or Texas Instruments. Another announcement was that ST Microelectronics will offer OrCAD PSpice models for all the power and logic semiconductors, since PSpice is the most used circuit simulator. Intel offers reference PCBs designed with Cadence PCB Tools in the OrCAD Capture format for embedded and personal computers.

Products

• Capture CIS
• OrCAD PCB Editor
• PSpice
• Layout Plus

External links

• Cadence
• OrCAD at Cadence
• OrCAD Capture CIS
• OrCAD PCB design
• Open Source OrCAD Circuits Archive
• OrCAD Products for PCB Design