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Complete PCB Design Using OrCAD Capture and PCB Editor 1st Edition

by Kraig Mitzner (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars (46)

This book provides instruction on how to use the OrCAD design suite to design and manufacture printed circuit boards. The primary goal is to show the reader how to design a PCB using OrCAD Capture and OrCAD Editor. Capture is used to build the schematic diagram of the circuit, and Editor is used to design the circuit board so that it can be manufactured.

The book is written for both students and practicing engineers who need in-depth instruction on how to use the software, and who need background knowledge of the PCB design process.

  • Beginning to end coverage of the printed circuit board design process. Information is presented in the exact order a circuit and PCB are designed
  • Over 400 full color illustrations, including extensive use of screen shots from the software, allow readers to learn features of the product in the most realistic manner possible
  • Straightforward, realistic examples present the how and why the designs work, providing a comprehensive toolset for understanding the OrCAD software
  • Introduces and follows IEEE, IPC, and JEDEC industry standards for PCB design.
  • Unique chapter on Design for Manufacture covers padstack and footprint design, and component placement, for the design of manufacturable PCB's
  • FREE CD containing the OrCAD demo version and design files
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  1. ISBN-10
    0750689714
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0750689717
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Newnes
  5. Publication date
    June 11, 2009
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7.5 x 1.15 x 9.25 inches
  8. Print length
    488 pages
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Reviews of 1st edition posted on Amazon.com:"I've found this book to be very helpful and exactly what I've been looking for. Kraig Mitzner has done a wonderful job of covering the full spectrum of printed circuit board fabrication. The content spans not only the OrCAD Layout software, but the physical process of PCB fabrication and advanced topics such as RF issues." --Written by Jeff Will, Valparaiso University, and posted on Amazon.com.

"It is an excellent book to introduce new users to OrCAD Capture and the OrCAD Layout SW packages. It does NOT cover OrCAD PCB Editor which is completely different from OrCAD Layout. (Layout has a very similar user interface to Capture while PCB Editor is based on Cadence Allegro PCB layout package) I have purchased several copies to use in assisting with training new CAD operators on PCB layout and Schematic capture in general." --Written by David Bing, RF Engineer, and posted on Amazon.com.

"This book is the first book I've read that has relevant up-to-date information on the current version of OrCAD. The book is well written and can be read cover-to-cover or used as a reference. I believe that this book will give a novice designer the information needed to create a circuit board using OrCAD and will give a veteran designer the specifics unique to OrCAD that will help to shorten the learning curve." --Written by Brent Gingrich, Red Dot Electronics, and posted on Amazon.com.

"This book is great if you've got little experience with OrCAD's Layout and Capture software. It's also a really good go-between if you've played with the software, but don't really want to sit down and read the lengthy technical user's guide for the software. Beyond that, it also gives answers questions about the how's and why's of circuit board design that may be difficult to find outside of working in the industry or taking a class directly. Many outside sources and industry standards are referenced for further information if you need it too." --Written by O.Kho and posted on Amazon.com.

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A book for those who need to design and lay out a PCB RIGHT NOW!The first book to offer a complete guide on how to use the ORCAD design suite to design and manufacture printed circuit boards. Content spans both the OrCAD software and the design flow for PCB design and fabrication

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Newnes
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 11, 2009
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 488 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0750689714
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0750689717
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.6 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.15 x 9.25 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #2,399,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars (46)

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4.3 out of 5 stars
46 global ratings

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Customers find the book informative and detailed, particularly appreciating how it concentrates on using and explaining the software features. Moreover, the content is well-written, not too obtuse or hard to follow, and features nice diagrams. Additionally, they value the skills development, with one customer noting it's better than OrCAD training courses, and another mentioning it's ideal for quickly learning the software. However, the encyclopedia content receives mixed reviews.

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12 customers mention "Information quality"11 positive1 negative

Customers find the book informative and detailed, with helpful explanations that concentrate on using and explaining the software features.

"...I found the book informative and clear...." Read more

"Very helpful book" Read more

"This book is an excellent reference for someone just getting started in PCB design with Cadence Allegro and OrCAD...." Read more

"...The paper quality is good and the 'glossary' makes it easy to find the topics I need to refresh on...." Read more

10 customers mention "Ease of use"8 positive2 negative

Customers find the book easy to follow and clear, with one mentioning it serves as a how-to-use-software guide.

"Pleased with this one. Nice diagrams and it reads well enough. Very nice book." Read more

"This book is well written. The examples are easy to follow and understand...." Read more

"This book covers basic to complex. Well written, easy to follow. It gives you reasons why layout is so important." Read more

"...is such a complete but complex piece of software that it is not as intuitive as Altium and others out there... like a colleague of mine said: "Orcad..." Read more

7 customers mention "Writing quality"6 positive1 negative

Customers appreciate the writing quality of the book, with one mentioning that the introductory chapters on PCB design are clearly written.

"This book covers basic to complex. Well written, easy to follow. It gives you reasons why layout is so important." Read more

"Good pictures, well written text is not too obtuse or hard to follow...." Read more

"...Fairly well written considering what it is...." Read more

"...His introductory chapters to PCB design are clearly written and would be helpful to any novice...." Read more

4 customers mention "Layout"3 positive1 negative

Customers appreciate the book's layout, with nice diagrams and well-organized chapters.

"Pleased with this one. Nice diagrams and it reads well enough. Very nice book." Read more

"...I like how the chapters are arranged." Read more

"...Unfortunately it's not describing the flow of design...." Read more

"...Well written, easy to follow. It gives you reasons why layout is so important." Read more

3 customers mention "Skills"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the book helps improve their skills, with one mentioning it's better than OrCAD training courses and another noting it's ideal for quickly learning the software.

"...the basics of running the tools and identifying some of the nice tips and tricks for getting the most out of the tools...." Read more

"This book is a much better aid than the OrCAD training courses that I had in the past. Excellent reference for even seasoned designers" Read more

"...well spent and the tutorial nature of the book is ideal for qickly learning the software...." Read more

3 customers mention "Encyclopedia content"2 positive1 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the encyclopedia content of the book.

"...It also explains everything in such detail and with examples that any engineer, from students to professionals, benefit greatly from it...." Read more

"...It has some rather simplistic examples but that is OK because the main focus is on using the software features...." Read more

"Good book with good examples...." Read more

Top reviews from the United States

  • VC
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Electronics, PCB and Orcad book... no web tutorial comes close
    Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2011
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    I have to say that this book completely surpassed my expectations... EVERYTHING I COULD THINK OF IS HERE. It also explains everything in such detail and with examples that any engineer, from students to professionals, benefit greatly from it.

    The book includes:
    - Thermal dissipation.
    - Rules on footprints creation according to official standards explained in detail.
    - Appendixes with great references in addition to this book (which most of the time are app notes available for free on the web).
    - Signal integrity explained at such level that it could explain in 15 pages what took me 2 years in college (I am not slow [I don't think I am :)] but in college everything is so theoretical that seeing multiple examples helps A LOT to digest it and apply it in the real world).
    - Every time something from Orcad is explained and you wish for an example... an example is in the next page :)
    - Routing for power electronics and for high speed signals (which are the trickiest to master).

    BTW, my 2 cents. Orcad is such a complete but complex piece of software that it is not as intuitive as Altium and others out there... like a colleague of mine said: "Orcad is great but you need a PhD to be proficient at it" <--- (quite a stretch but it is difficult to master... this book will get you there in no time).

    Finally... I never buy books to learn software... I had always find great tutorials on the web to master other PCB/sym software, Math software, programming languages.. you name it... but for Orcad is sooo hard to find a good and complete tutorial... THIS BOOK TAKES CARE OF THAT!
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  • MN_EE
    5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT BOOK WITH OUTSTANDING GRAPHICS
    Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2010
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    I have been using Orcad Capture and Layout for many years. I recently changed to PCB Editor and have read this book cover to cover. It's content has exceeded my expectations in that it concentrates on using and explaining the software features. It has some rather simplistic examples but that is OK because the main focus is on using the software features. This book is a very good tutorial and will also be a very good reference manual while using the PCB Editor on laying out various types of printed circuit boards. The money was extremely well spent and the tutorial nature of the book is ideal for qickly learning the software. It is also organized so that you can look up various topics and features of the software which makes it a very useful reference that is probably much easier to use than the Orcad documentation. This book has exceeded my expectations!
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  • CPT
    4.0 out of 5 stars Well-written, but OrCAD isn't for everyone
    Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2012
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    I'm a hobbyist just learning about the basics of PCB design, and since this book seemed to have the best reviews I ordered up a copy. I found the book informative and clear. But I should warn those in my position that OrCAD is probably not the software for you; you can still learn from this book, but the chapters with step-by-step tutorials through the program will be only indirectly relevant.
    When I first received the book I followed instructions and downloaded the program through the publisher's webpage. Only gradually did I realize that this free version of OrCAD is so crippled by restrictions as to be, at least for my purposes, useless (e.g. no newly-created components with more than 14 pins). Not to mention that OrCAD's user interface is, to put it charitably, non-intuitive. It took considerable web surfing to determine that buying the full version of OrCAD would set me back a cool $6000. So ultimately I found some freeware (FreePCB) that does the job for me quite adequately and has a better user interface to boot. I'm not returning the book, but I'm not certain I would have bought it if I knew then what I know now.
    4 people found this helpful
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  • m
    5.0 out of 5 stars Refer to this book all the time
    Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2014
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    This is a great book for anyone running the Orcad / PCB editor environment. am not a power user of the Cadence tools, although I could navigate around them okay when I purchased this book. The author does a good job of explaining the basics of running the tools and identifying some of the nice tips and tricks for getting the most out of the tools. His introductory chapters to PCB design are clearly written and would be helpful to any novice. By the time I finished the book, my skills had improved significantly and I've been much more efficient using the tools.
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  • Michael
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good book with good examples.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2014
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    This book is well written. The examples are easy to follow and understand. However, this book was written with OrCAD version 16.0 in mind and there have been some changes in the later versions that are not in the book.
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  • Walter Ray Pace Jr
    1.0 out of 5 stars Book is poorly bound.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2016
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    Do not buy this book. The week I got it the pages started falling out. Over time "sections" of pages became loose.
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  • R. E. Smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to navigate and informative
    Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2014
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    Good pictures, well written text is not too obtuse or hard to follow. The paper quality is good and the 'glossary' makes it easy to find the topics I need to refresh on. There are a lot of very helpful explanations and walk thrus so that no detail of how to work with the tool is left out. I am running Cadence v16.6 and this book was SUPER helpful getting me up to speed.
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  • Lincoln Young
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
    Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2014
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    Very clear and concise reading. I have very little knowledge on this subject, however, once I began reading the inspiration came to dive into the practical use of the PCB Editor tool in Allegro. I was also very impressed with the Signal Integrity and EMI coverage especially taking guidance for leading Industry experts.

    I would encourage the author to create videos of the demos and include with the book on a CD or at the book's website. I would also recommend that the author write a book on Allegro Schematic Capture Complete Guide.
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  • zebar
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good for PCB beginners
    Reviewed in Japan on November 3, 2011
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    This book can make you understand how to do Orcad's PCB, if you are good at circuit or schematic design, but never did anything like board design. This is the first PCB book I have used for PCB design, after that, I understand other PCB books. So good for beginners, and easy English is used.
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  • ABHISHEK GHOSH
    5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful book
    Reviewed in India on July 4, 2021
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    It is very good and helpful book with nice representation. Easily understandable.
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  • andrea quadri
    4.0 out of 5 stars Unique book about PCB in a desert....
    Reviewed in Italy on December 1, 2016
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    Optimum starting point for PCB knowledge gaining. Oustanding chapters are those about PCB standards, manifacturing and EM aspects. I didn't give five stars because chapter 6 it's too verbose in some key points especially when dealing with electrical line lenght. But the author honestly addresses to proper references.
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  • Jas
    1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
    Reviewed in Canada on October 24, 2014
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    Excellent condition and on-time.
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