EMA Design Automation, Inc

Issue 2, Number 1
August 2005
What's new in OrCAD 10.5?

OrCAD Signal Explorer - Scalable, cost-effective technology for
PCB signal integrity and topology exploration

OrCAD® Signal Explorer provides a scalable, cost-effective pre-and post-route signal integrity analysis and board-level topology exploration environment for complex PCBs. It enables signal exploration, analysis, and validation allowing designers to increase circuit reliability and drive known good interconnect requirements throughout the design process.

OrCAD Signal Explorer key benefits:
  • Analyze signal integrity issues
  • Explore, analyze, and design interconnect topology
  • Pre- and post-route signal integrity analysis
  • Import topology directly from OrCAD PCB Editor

OrCAD Capture®

  • Split part symbol generation enhancement
  • Improved archiving mechanism for efficient project management
  • Differential pairs between flat nets
  • New part creation from spreadsheet
  • Multimedia demonstrations
  • Toolbar enhancements

OrCAD Capture CIS

  • WYSIWYG design variants with color coding support
  • Enhanced database linking capabilities
  • Setting preferences for linking a placed part to a database part

OrCAD Layout®

  • New stack-up editor
  • Improved DRC methods
  • Enhanced selection filter
  • New scroll-mouse button support
  • Support for Wise GerbTool version 14
  • Support for CADopia IntelliCAD version 4

PSpice® A/D

  • Magnetic parts editor
  • Advanced behavioral modeling capabilities
  • Profile libraries
  • Advanced symbol wizard
  • Model import wizard
  • Mextram 504 vertical bipolar transistor model support
  • More than 1000 vendor models added
  • Support for 2K2 notation and MKS prefixes

OrCAD PCB Editor

  • Etch editing enhancements
  • Shapes enhancements
  • IDF/DXF updates
  • New reports
  • Performance and usability enhancements

Please note: If you haven't received your updated license file and CD by August 31st, you may request it at: http://support.ema-eda.com/update

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