Cadence

General Information about Cadence

Virginia Tech is proud member of the Cadence University Program.

Cadence Design Systems provides us with industry standard CAD tools that are state of the art in electrical engineering design. Some of the research groups and classes using Cadence tools include:

The Cadence products for Windows supported under Virginia Tech's license

Design Entry and Librarian
Design Access Bundle HDL
Allegro Design Editor
PCB Librarian
Allegro PCB Librarian
Allegro Design Entry CIS
Allegro Design Entry HDL Includes Concept HDL, CheckPlus HDL
PCB Design
Allegro PCB Design HDL This product includes PCB Design Suite /w Concept
Allegro PCB Design CIS This product includes PCB Design Suite /w Capture
Layout Studio
Allegro PCB Editor This product includes Allegro Physical Viewer, Allegro PCB Performance Option, Allegro Router Performance Option, and Allegro Router Auto/Interactive Option
Allegro Viewer Plus
Allegro PCB
Allegro Designer
Allegro Expert
Cadence SKILL Development Environment
PCB Routing
Allegro PCB Router
Package Design and Package SI
Cadence 3D Design Viewer Option
Allegro Package Designer Also includes Advanced Package Designer
Allegro Package SI
Analog Simulation
Allegro AMS Simulator
PCB SI
Allegro PCB SI This product includes the Allegro PCB PI Option, SPECCTRAQuest Expert
SPECCTRAQuest Planner
SPECCTRAQuest Engineer
SigNoise
EMControl
Allegro PCB Model Integrity

Installing under Windows (2000/XP/Vista)

(fg.1)Location of the Cadence install files

Install

You must verify with the systems administrator that you are properly licensed for Cadence. If so, you will be given access to the install media. The instructions to install Cadence are here.

Additional Links

Cadence home page
The Cadence Designer Network User Group
Cadence General Information

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