Good signal integrity is vital to the performance of your PCB. Performing pre-layout analysis will help determine and validate critical rules to achieve the desired signal performance. In this video, you will learn how to:

• Identify supply nets
• Define stackups and constraints
• Configure your design for pre-layout analysis
• Use the SI Design Wizard in OrCAD PCB 17.4

This is the first video of this 5-part series:

1. PCB SI Basics: Setting Up a Design for Pre-Layout Simulation
2. PCB SI Basics: How to Assign IBIS Models and Extract Topology
3. PCB SI Basics: Understanding the SigXP User Interface
4. PCB SI Basics: Performing Simulation with Lossless Transmission Lines
5. PCB SI Basics: Performing Simulation with Lossy Transmission Lines

To view the demo file, click here.