Which tool? Cadence? or What? I'm newbie, please help!

[Friend9]

Hello,
I am seeking to learn, so please give me some of your experience..

I want to use Cadence tools to simulate discrete components circuits containing NPN, PNP transistors that are sold discrete such as 2N2222, and resistances, capacitors, as well as some verilog-a behavioural analog blocks,
Can I use Cadence Specre and Virtuso tools for this purpose?
Will I need to get certain design kit?

If there's another tool that has strong support and tutorial availabilities such as Cadence, so tell me about it..

Please help,
I am sorry if my question looks silly, but I really think that you will help.

Bye,
Friend,

 

[ibrahim03]

You can use Circuitmaker 2000 or Multisim 7 both are easy to use and ideal for beginners.

 

[Friend9]

You can use Circuitmaker 2000 or Multisim 7 both are easy to use and ideal for beginners.

But they're not ideal for me at all!

That's why, I'm not a bigginer or a hobbiest, I'm an engineer, and I have good experience in electronics and simulation programs, but for Cadence, I didn't use that tools before, and hence, i am asking for someone who did use it before,

I hope that I'm clear enough now.
Regards,

 

[ahmad_abdulghany]

You can use Circuitmaker 2000 or Multisim 7 both are easy to use and ideal for beginners.

Is there a Verilog-A blocks in Circuit maker or Multisim?

 

[MSSN]

yes,u can use cadence tools and u won't need a design kit when u work with Verilog-A
models and if u need it for models for the transistors there is a free design kit that u can download and use from the following link but i didn't try it
https://www.cadence.ncsu.edu/CDK.html

 

[ahmad_abdulghany]

discrete components circuits containing NPN, PNP transistors that are sold discrete such as 2N2222, and resistances, capacitors, as well as some verilog-a behavioural analog blocks

yes,u can use cadence tools and u won't need a design kit when u work with Verilog-A models

I don't know, but does Cadence also allow to put such discrete components?
i.e. not IC design, but discrete as in OrCAD for example, you can add a component that you know its number..

Ahmad,

 

[MSSN]

I don't know, but does Cadence also allow to put such discrete components?
i.e. not IC design, but discrete as in OrCAD for example, you can add a component that you know its number..

sorry i didn't notice that u need to add discrete components,in the standard libraries of the cadence tools there is no discrete components like the 2N2222 transistor.

 

[pfd001]

you should model the 2N2222 transistor in candence by yourself