Computer Information

University Policy for Computer Use

Key Points from the University Policy for Computer Use

ECE Software Programs for Students

UH Manoa Matlab portal

  • Install Matlab onto your personal computer(s)
  • use Matlab online (browser access)
  • get free Matlab training

Keysight (was Agilent) Technologies Software - Pathwave Advanced Design System (ADS)

Electronic design automation software for RF, microwave, high speed digital, and power electronics applications.

Ansys Electronics Desktop Student

Ansys simulators work with antenna, RF, microwave, PCB, IC and IC package designs, along with electromechanical devices such as electric motors and generators.

Other tools including LS-DYNA, SCADE, etc. may be available on the Ansys Academic Program Page.

Cadence University Program Academic Tools

  • AWR Microwave Office  software to streamline and accelerate the design and development process for MMICs, RFICs, RF PCBs, microwave modules, antennas, communications systems, radar systems, and more.
  • Multiphysics Analysis computational software for electromagnetics, thermal, power, and signal integrity, to model, simulate, and analyze effects on system-level designs, going beyond the chip and extending throughout the entire system.
  • PCB Design
    • Allegro PCB Design for comprehensive schematic design and layout capabilities with in-design analysis verification tools.
    • OrCAD X Platform PCB design software includes schematic capture, simulation, and PCB design solutions and PSpice advanced simulation tools.
  • inspectAR Augmented Reality Electronics Platform  is an augmented reality (AR) tool highly specialized for electronics lab bench work that can be used to separate a circuit board layout into an AR object consisting of nets and components connecting to the PCB design.
  • Tensilica processor configuration and extension tools for work with Tensilica Xtensa Customizable Processors that combine CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and dedicated custom RTL in ASICs/SoCs tailored to specific application requirements for optimal performance and energy efficiency.

More tools may be available on the Cadence University Program Page:  Scroll down to the "Academic Access" header and select tools on the left.  

Computers in Holmes Hall ECE classroom labs: Domain Accounts needed for use!

If you are enrolled in a laboratory course, or you would like to use the PCs in Holmes 387, you can request an account via this Lab Account Service Request form.

More info about the ELEC domain accounts:

We are using Redirected Folders instead of Roaming Profiles. Some of your Profile folders – Desktop, Documents, and Pictures, will be stored on the storage file server and will be pulled from the server only when accessed. That is, you can save files on the Desktop, in the My Documents folders, or in the "U:" drive, and they will be available to you the next time you login at any of our ELEC domain PCs. Customizations saved in the AppData folder (such as Chrome bookmarks) will not be shared between PCs. This new paradigm should reduce logon wait times that some students have experienced in the past.

Recommendations for ECE ELEC domain account logins:

Try to stagger logins at the beginning of a lab class: Students who get there early should go ahead and login as soon as they can to minimize the heavy network traffic that can occur if everyone tries to login at the start of the lab.

Store files on U: drive. You are given 500MB of storage with your account, to have readily available for whichever EE lab you are working in from week to week.

Your account will have “U:” user drive. This is a better location to store files (up to 500MB sum total). The U: drive will appear as another drive below Local Disk with your username under the Microsoft "Computer" link. image of how the U drive looks in Windows Explorer  Files placed here are stored immediately on an intranet cloud. If you try to store files on the C: drive; they may not be available to you at your next login.