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OrCAD is a proprietary collection of software for electronic design automation (EDA).<br />
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OrCAD's integrated development environment (IDE)<br />
focuses on tools for<br />
schematic capture, PCB layout,<br />
and generating files from them in the standard for manufacturing PCBs --<br />
[[Gerber format]] and [[Excellon drill format]].<br />
It also has tools to create a bill of materials (BOM),<br />
do design rule checking (DRC),<br />
run SPICE simulation,<br />
develop FPGA firmware,<br />
etc.<br />
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Other EDA software comparable to OrCAD:<br />
[[KiCad]]<br />
[[gEDA]]<br />
[[EAGLE]]<br />
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The free "OrCAD Viewer" is two applications:<br />
"Capture Viewer" is a free viewer for schematics in OrCAD format (".opj" and ".dsn" extensions).<br />
"PCB Editor Viewer" is a free viewer for<br />
PCB layouts in OrCAD format (".brd", ".dra", and ".mdd" extensions).<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
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official site: [FIXME:]<br />
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OrCAD Viewer: https://www.parallel-systems.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Free-Viewers.pdf<br />
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