There is a bunch of open source circuit design and simulation software out there. Do the folks here have a particular favorite? Or perhaps tee squares and HP calculators are the order of the day. Chugging away in LibreOffice is slow and not a simulation.
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Re: Electrical Design Software
Mac or PC?
I use iCircuit for Mac, it's available from the app store and only a few bucks.
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I use iCircuit for Mac, it's available from the app store and only a few bucks.
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Re: Electrical Design Software
I use LTSpice under wine/linux. Also runs on windows.
I posted a "list of useful software" in the past:
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9526
Questions about software pop up all the time, maybe it's good idea to add a "software and computer interface" topic to the faq section?
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viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9526
Questions about software pop up all the time, maybe it's good idea to add a "software and computer interface" topic to the faq section?
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Re: Electrical Design Software
LTSpice is pretty much the go-to freeware circuit simulator. DesignSpark is a good freeware solution for laying out PCB's.
NI multisim is handy for basic things too if you have access to it since it can also layout the circuit into a PCB within the same program. Not worth the stupidly high price tag though if you don't have free access through a university etc.
NI multisim is handy for basic things too if you have access to it since it can also layout the circuit into a PCB within the same program. Not worth the stupidly high price tag though if you don't have free access through a university etc.
Re: Electrical Design Software
LtSpice IS the de-facto best freeware design simulation software.
For actual design - i.e. schematic entry and PCB layout I really like Diptrace.
This software is available in a full featured free version with I believe about a ~200 part limitation. If breaking your design up into multiple boards this should be more than sufficient.
As a practicing electronic hardware designer I can say that the Diptrace software is very good - it compares well with versions of Orcad and PADS I have used in the past - and with the full "PRO" version only coming in at $895 is certainly the best "bang for the buck" in layout software with 3D mechanical modeling capability.
For actual design - i.e. schematic entry and PCB layout I really like Diptrace.
This software is available in a full featured free version with I believe about a ~200 part limitation. If breaking your design up into multiple boards this should be more than sufficient.
As a practicing electronic hardware designer I can say that the Diptrace software is very good - it compares well with versions of Orcad and PADS I have used in the past - and with the full "PRO" version only coming in at $895 is certainly the best "bang for the buck" in layout software with 3D mechanical modeling capability.