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== Free/Open source ==
 
 
 
DesignSpark RS components - http://www.designspark.com/
 
 
 
FreePCB - http://www.freepcb.com
 
 
 
Fritzing - http://fritzing.org
 
 
 
gEDA - http://www.gpleda.org/index.html
 
 
 
KiCAD - http://kicad-pcb.org/
 
 
 
Minimal Board Editor - http://www.suigyodo.com/online/e/index.htm (English, Japanese)
 
 
 
Open Circuit Design - http://opencircuitdesign.com
 
 
 
Protel/Altium AutoTrax/EasyTrax (DOS Based) - http://www.altium.com/community/downloads/en/downloads_home.cfm
 
 
 
TCI - http://b.urbani.free.fr (French)
 
 
 
ZenitPCB - http://www.zenitpcb.com/Index.html
 
 
 
TinyCAD - http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tinycad/index.php?title=TinyCAD
 
 
 
== Limited free version ==
 
 
 
AutoTRAX - http://www.kov.com
 
 
 
CADint - http://www.cadint.se/p_free.asp
 
 
 
Cadstar Express (Zuken) - http://www.zuken.com/products/cadstar/downloads/express.aspx
 
 
 
DipTrace - http://www.diptrace.com
 
 
 
Eagle (Farnell/Newark) - http://www.cadsoft.de
 
 
 
Layo1 PCB - http://www.baas.nl/layo1pcb/uk/downloads.htm
 
 
 
McCAD - http://www.mccad.com/index.html
 
 
 
OrCad 16.3 (Cadence) - http://www.cadence.com/products/orcad/pages/downloads.aspx#demo
 
 
 
Osmond PCB - http://www.osmondpcb.com/index.html (Only PCB)
 
 
 
PCB Elegance - http://www.mercoelectronics.nl
 
 
 
WinQcad - http://www.winqcad.com
 
 
 
CometCAD - http://www.cometcad.com
 
 
 
== Commercial ==
 
Rush PCB  [http://www.rushpcb.co.uk/ pcb design uk]
 
[http://www.rushpcb.co.uk/Assembly/MixedAssemblyPlacement.aspx pcb assembly service]
 
 
 
Allegro (Cadence) - http://www.cadence.com/products/pcb/Pages/default.aspx
 
 
 
Altium - http://www.altium.com
 
 
 
Ariadne - http://www.cad-ul.de/ariadne-eda.html (German)
 
 
 
AutoTRAX (Not to be confused with Protel/Altium!) - http://www.kov.com
 
 
 
Bartels AutoEngineer - http://www.bartels.de/bae/bae_en.htm (English, German)
 
 
 
BoardMaker3 - http://www.tsien.info/index.php#
 
 
 
Board Station (Mentor) - http://www.mentor.com/products/pcb-system-design/design-flows/boardstation
 
 
 
CADint - http://www.cadint.se/products.asp
 
 
 
Cadstar (Zuken) - http://www.zuken.com/products/cadstar
 
 
 
CIRCAD - http://www.holophase.com/index.html
 
 
 
CircuitCREATOR - http://www.circuitcreator.com/creator/index.htm
 
 
 
Circuit Wizard, PCB wizard - http://www.new-wave-concepts.com/products.html
 
 
 
CSiEDA - http://www.csitek.co.kr (Korean)
 
 
 
CSiEDA - http://www.csieda.co.jp/en/csieda (Japanese, English)
 
 
 
CR-5000 (Zuken) - http://www.zuken.com/products/cr-5000
 
 
 
DipTrace - http://www.diptrace.com
 
 
 
Douglas CAD/CAM - http://www.douglas.com/software/pro/prolayout.html
 
 
 
Dreamcad - http://www13.ocn.ne.jp/~dreamnet (Japanese)
 
 
 
Eagle (Farnell/Newark) - http://www.cadsoft.de
 
 
 
Easy-PC - http://www.numberone.com/easypc.asp
 
 
 
EDWinXP - http://www.visionics.a.se/index.html
 
 
 
Expedition Enterprise (Mentor) - http://www.mentor.com/products/pcb-system-design/design-flows/expedition-enterprise
 
 
 
ICADPCB (Fujitsu) - http://www.fujitsu.com/my/services/software/business/icad_thirdpage.html
 
 
 
Layo1 PCB - http://www.baas.nl/layo1pcb/uk/index.html
 
 
 
McCAD - http://www.mccad.com/index.html
 
 
 
Orcad (Cadence) - http://www.cadence.com/products/orcad/orcad_capture/pages/default.aspx
 
 
 
Osmond PCB - http://www.osmondpcb.com/index.html (Only PCB)
 
 
 
Pads (Mentor) - http://www.mentor.com/products/pcb-system-design/design-flows/pads
 
 
 
PCB Elegance - http://www.mercoelectronics.nl
 
 
 
PCB-Investigator - http://www.pcb-investigator.com
 
 
 
Proteus PCB Design - http://www.labcenter.com/products/pcb_overview.cfm
 
 
 
Pulsonix - http://pulsonix.com/index.asp
 
 
 
Rimu Schematics/PCB - http://www.hutson.co.nz
 
 
 
Scooter PCB - http://www.scooter-pcb.de/scooter-pcb/index.html (German)
 
 
 
Sprint-Layout - http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/sprint-layout.html
 
 
 
SuperCAD/SuperPCB - http://www.mentala.com/products.htm
 
 
 
Target 3001 - http://www.ibfriedrich.com (English, German, French)
 
 
 
TINA (DesignSoft) - http://www.tina.com
 
 
 
Ultiboard (National Instruments) - http://www.ni.com/ultiboard
 
 
 
Vutrax - http://www.vutrax.co.uk/index.htm
 
 
 
WinCircuit - http://alain.michel13.free.fr/Anglais.html
 
 
 
WinQcad - http://www.winqcad.com
 
 
 
XL designer (Seetrax) - http://www.xldesigner.com
 
 
 
== Free SW for PCB order service (no gerber files export) ==
 
 
 
ECAD Pro - http://www.pcbdesignandfab.com (gerber files $25/board)
 
 
 
Expresspcb - http://www.expresspcb.com
 
 
 
Pad 2 Pad - http://www.pad2pad.com
 
 
 
PCB123 - http://www.sunstone.com/PCB123-CAD-Software.aspx (gerber files $100/board)
 
 
 
PCB Artist - http://www.4pcb.com/free-pcb-layout-software
 
 
 
Target 3001 (PCB Pool edition) - http://www.pcb-pool.com/ppuk/service_downloads.html (gerber with proto)
 
 
 
 
 
== Gerber tools ==
 
 
 
DFM Now! - http://www.numericalinnovations.com/dfmnow.html
 
 
 
GCPrevue (Graphicode) - http://www.graphicode.com/Download_GC-Prevue_and_Free_Trials
 
 
 
GerberLogix - http://www.easylogix.de/products_detail.php?prog_id=1
 
 
 
gerbv - http://gerbv.sourceforge.net
 
 
 
Online-Gerber-Viewer - http://www.gerber-viewer.com
 
 
 
Viewplot - http://www.viewplot.com
 
 
 
== PCB panelizing ==
 
 
 
CAM 350 - http://www.downstreamtech.com/CAM350XL.html
 
 
 
FAB 3000 - http://www.numericalinnovations.com/fab3000.html
 
 
 
 
 
== Stripboard/Veroboard layout tools ==
 
 
 
DIY Layout Creator - http://diy-fever.com/software/
 
 
 
LochMaster - http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/lochmaster.html
 
 
 
Stripboard Designer - http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Multimedia_and_Graphics/Misc__Graphics_Tools/StripBoard_Designer.html
 
 
 
Stripboard Magic - http://www.marlwifi.org.nz/other/stripboard-magic
 
 
 
Stripes - http://sites.google.com/site/libby8dev/stripes
 
 
 
VeeCAD - http://veecad.com/
 
 
 
VeroCAD - http://xtronic.org/download/verocad-3-veroboard/
 
 
 
VeroDes - http://www.heyrick.co.uk/software/verodes/
 
 
 
== Simulation - Free ==
 
Analog Devices version of NI Multisim - http://www.analog.com/en/amplifier-linear-tools/multisim/topic.html
 
 
5Spice - http://www.5spice.com/ (not free for commercial use)
 
 
 
Cider - http://embedded.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/downloads/cider/index.htm
 
 
 
Circuit Simulator Applet - http://www.falstad.com/circuit/ (iPad/iPhone version available, iCircuit - NOT FREE)
 
 
 
Logisim - http://ozark.hendrix.edu/~burch/logisim/
 
 
 
LTpsiceIV (Linear Technology) - http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/
 
 
 
Mindi (Microchip) - http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en537206
 
 
 
Ngspice - http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/screens.html
 
 
 
Qucs - http://qucs.sourceforge.net/
 
 
 
TINA-TI (Texas Instruments) - http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/tina-ti.html
 
 
 
XSPICE - http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~mrichard/Xspice/
 
 
 
== Simulation - Commercial ==
 
 
 
AIM Spice - http://www.aimspice.com/
 
 
 
B2 Spice - http://www.beigebag.com/
 
 
 
Circuit Wizard - http://www.new-wave-concepts.com/products.html
 
 
 
ICAP/4, etc.. - http://www.intusoft.com/default.htm (Limited Free version available)
 
 
 
Micro Cap - http://www.spectrum-soft.com/index.shtm (Limited Free version available)
 
 
 
NI Multisim (National Instruments) - http://www.ni.com/multisim/
 
 
 
PSpice (Cadence) - http://www.cadence.com/products/orcad/pspice_simulation/pages/default.aspx (Limited Free version available)
 
 
 
Super Spice (Anasoft) - http://www.anasoft.co.uk/ (Limited Free version available)
 
 
 
TopSpice - http://penzar.com/topspice/topspice.htm (Limited Free version available)
 
 
 
WinSpice - http://www.winspice.com/
 

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