PADS PCB Design Tools
Powerful Desktop PCB Design. Start to Finish.
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Affordable, intuitive, and accessible PCB design tools. PADS, Mentor Graphics’ worldwide leading desktop PCB design tool, enables you to develop PCBs within a highly productive and easy-to-use environment. Integrated, flexible and scalable, PADS design tools allow designers to cover the spectrum of PCB development, from schematic entry to manufacturing preparation.
Introduction to PADS 9.0
Introduction to PADS 9.0
Every good PCB design starts with The Big Idea. PADS Design Flow by Mentor Graphics is the cost-effective desktop PCB design solution that’s ready right out of the box. See how it can help you face the big decisions and, historically, big limitations you’ll encounter during PCB design.
Introduction to PADS 9.0Technology Overview
Features
PADS PCB Design Tools provide a broad range of development functionality:
- Schematic entry
- Component management
- FPGA to PCB optimization
- Analog design
- Signal and power integrity analysis
- PCB layout
- Manufacturing preparation
- 3D visualization
Fewer design re-spins and faster time to market
- Improve productivity through an intuitive, flexible user interface
- Reduce development time with an integrated PCB development flow
- Reduce cost of ownership with a scalable solution that grows with your needs
Products
- PADS Suites Mentor Graphics now offers PADS Suites, a series of affordable PCB libraries and the PADS viewer. These suites offer a scalable solution for PCB design.
- PADS Router Shaped-based, gridless interactive route editor with intelligent place and route controls that automatically follow design rules entered at the schematic or PCB level.
- PADS Layout PADS® Layout provides everything you need to complete your toughest designs simply and quickly in a flexible design environment.
- High-Speed Routing Options for interactive and automatic routing of length-constrained nets and differential pairs to achieve signal integrity and timing requirements
- PADS AutoRouter Any-angle batch router that includes PADS Router for interactive and automatic routing of constraint-driven signals
- DxDesigner DxDesigner provides a sophisticated yet scalable design definition environment that integrates with Expedition Enterprise and PADS layout tools across multiple computing platforms.
Testimonials
PADS 9.0 Testimonials
See what some of our customers have to say about the complete PCB design environment offered by PADS 9.0. This next generation in PCB Design tool combines an intuitive, flexible design environment with integrated, scalable technology. Giving engineers the ability the save time and reduce costs.
Trilogic, Fairchild Semiconductor and Lightspace Technology are just a few of the customers who want to share their PADS 9.0 experience with you.
PADS 9.0 TestimonialsTestimonial
Datasheets
- PADS PCB Design Solutions (PDF, 834kb)
Technical Resources
- software eval: PADS Evaluation Software
- Product Demo: PADS 9.0 Flow Demo
- On-demand Web Seminar: PADS 9.0 Flow Overview
- Technology Overview: What's New in PADS 9.0
Contact Mentor Graphics
- Request Information or call toll free: 1-800-547-3000
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