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OrCAD Capture 2 Whether you're designing a new analog circuit, revising digital schematics for an existing PCB, or implementing hierarchical block design, the OrCAD Capture solution and integrated flows provide everything you need for circuit design, analog/mixed-signal simulation, component optimization and selection, and signal integrity planning. OrCAD Capture provides core schematic editing capabilities, but does not just stop there. It is highly integrated with OrCAD PCB Editor for physical PCB design, OrCAD PSpice ® for analog/mixed-signal circuit simulation, OrCAD PCB SI for signal integrity analysis and planning, and OrCAD CIS (Component Information System) for component optimization, selection, and variant design, greatly extending the schematic design process. Schematic Entry Features Schematic editor The OrCAD Capture schematic editor builds on the legacy of OrCAD providing fast and easy schematic editing for the simplest to the most complex designs. It combines an intuitive interface with all the features and functionality you need to speed through design tasks and circuit creation. Productivity and ease of use The schematic editor provides numerous features and functionality that enhance usability and speed for accomplishing design tasks and publishing design data. For example, the autowire capability automates the often tedious and time-consuming task of wiring signal pins by quickly and automatically adding connection wires for you. Context-sensitive menus, OLE support, custom colorization of wires, nets, and parts, and a tabbed and dockable interface all provide a better user experience. For larger, more complex designs, OrCAD Capture supports circuit reuse and hierarchical circuit blocks. Such designs are easy to traverse with navigation aids and OrCAD Capture ensures that all connections are maintained accurately throughout the design. Intelligent PDF The Intelligent PDF export in OrCAD Capture enables you to create content-aware PDFs of your schematic design. More than just a .pdf file with searchable text, the content-aware PDF retains intelligent design information, allowing you to query signals, display properties, navigate hierarchical blocks, and more. These PDFs eliminate the need for other team members to have additional software licenses or specialized viewers for design reviews, increasing the ease of collaboration and communication. Design reuse The reuse of existing logical (and physical) circuits that you have already tested and proven is one of the best ways to reduce your design time and maximize quality. Having already been placed, routed, and validated on a previous design, the effort you put into the original design is leveraged through OrCAD Capture's design reuse capabilities. Typical reuse examples include power supply modules, RF circuit designs, multi-channel circuits (I/O, drivers, etc.), and memory. FPGA design-in If your designs call for FPGA devices, OrCAD Capture supports an FPGA co-design flow with OrCAD FPGA System Planner and extensive design-in capabilities. FPGA component data can be quickly be imported to create single- and multi-section symbols based on the device I/O pin files. Support for split parts, power pin visibility, pin shape, and pin group management provide flexibility to tailor symbol creation to your design's needs. Schematic Design Solutions and Flows Component information system OrCAD CIS is a central part of the OrCAD Capture design solution. When added to OrCAD Capture, it automatically synchronizes and validates the externally sourced parametric component data with the schematic design database. CIS works with databases that comply with Microsoft's ODBC standard to directly access data in an MRP, ERP, or PLM system, or in an intermediate database dedicated to engineering component data. With easy access to parametric component data and part information, you can quickly identify and design with preferred components, reducing the amount of time spent researching parts. Parts can be queried based on their electrical, physical, or corporate character- istics and automatically retrieved for use in your schematic.

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