PADS Suites

Affordable, intuitive, and accessible PCB design

Mentor Graphics, the world’s number one provider of PCB design solutions, has combined the expansive capabilities of the PADS® product line into a series of affordable PADS Suites. These suites have just the right mix of technology necessary for complex PCB design, yet they can be supplemented with a variety of add-on capabilities should your needs change.

Available in three configurations of increasing functionality, the PADS Suites support a variety of design needs, from individuals to small teams, improving design productivity and speeding time-to-market.

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PADS Design Capabilities include… PADS DS Suite PADS LS Suite PADS ES Suite
Translators
IPC-Compliant Libraries
Schematic Editing
CIS View demo
Variant Management View demo
PCB Layout View demo
Interactive Push & Shove View demo
Physical Design Reuse View demo
Autorouting
RF Design Tools
3D PCB Viewer (advanced version in ES)
MCAD Outputs (IDF & DXF)
Analog Simulation
Thermal Analysis
Signal Integrity Analysis
High-Speed Design Rules
High-Speed Interactive Routing
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Features and Benefits

  • Integrated design flows that improve productivity
  • Available in multiple configurations of increasing functionality
  • Supports a variety of design needs, from individuals to small teams
  • Easy to install, learn, and use
  • Affordable
  • Available floating or node-locked
  • Uses industry standards including Windows automation, Visual Basic scripting, and ASCII database

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PADS Testimonials

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See what some of our customers have to say about the PADS design environment. This next generation PCB design tool combines an intuitive, flexible design environment with integrated, scalable technology. View Video

Free Online Training

Purchase any PADS Suite on maintenance and receive FREE online training that you can review as often as you like. Online training consists of:

  • Ten hours of online training for PADS Layout, including instructions for creating physical components, importing netlists, adding or updating components, routing connections, and generating reports.
  • Three hours of online training for PADS AutoRouter, including instructions for routing a sample PCB using the manual autoroute and interactive autoroute modes.
  • Two-and-a-half hours of online training for HyperLynx, including instructions for performing signal integrity, crosstalk, and EMC analysis on a design prior to PCB layout.

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