Welcome to the home page of the Cadence Users Group at University of Idaho. Students obtain practical experience in advanced electronics design using state-of-the-art CAD tools, computing and laboratory facilities.

The Cadence^® EDA tools are used by students taking several ECE courses and by research projects. We utilize the Custom IC and Verification tools provided by Cadence^®.

Read rest of this page before going through the setup and tutorial steps.

1. Setup UI VPN Connection [Handout] [Video]

2. Setup X2Go X-Window Client  [Handout]
    * We use ContOS 7.0 Linux server
    * Our class server is ece-ece310.ece.uidaho.edu
    * Also use MATE desktop environment
    * Cadence version on ece310 server is 6.1.7

3. Cadence schematic capture and simulation tutorials. Watch following videos if you are new to Cadence tools.
*Important Note: You may observe slight difference between the Cadence interfaces shown in the videos and the setup in ece310  server, because the videos were recorded using the Cadence version 6.1.5.

• ECE310LIB Discrete component Library: Documentation
• Cadence: Schematic Entry and Simulation
• Cadence: Simulation Types
• Cadence: Printing from Cadence

** Remote/EO/off-campus students who have valid UI credentials have to install UI-VPN client first to access UI network following {Step 1} above. Then install X2Go on their local machine to access the Cadence tools following {Step 2} above.

** All ECE Lab computers have X2Go Client installed, thus you do not need to follow {Step 1 or 2} if you are using ECE computers.

** On-campus students who use personal computer do not need to install VPN client following {Step 1}, but has to install X2Go client on their own PC/notebook following {Step 2}.

** If you are new to Cadence IC design Tools follow {Step 3}

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Last modified: Monday, October 23, 2023