Recreating a simple round padstack

This tutorial takes you through recreating a basic round thru-hole padstack.

1. Open the new Padstack editor in Cadence:

2. Select Thru-pin and circle on the start tab

3. Enter the drill diameter

4. Define the symbol that will be used to represent the drill hole:

5. Define the Top and bottom layer inner, outer, and thermal geometry. Since Peralta uses two-layer boards, geometry other than begin and end layers will be ignored.

6. Define the soldermask geometry for the top and bottom layers

7. Look through the summary page to ensure everything was entered correctly:

8. Save to the custom symbols folder you created and included in your padpath.

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SHAWN JORDAN, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context and storytelling in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University, and received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2017.