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== Free/Open source ==
 
== Free/Open source ==
  
DesignSpark (RS comp) - [http://www.designspark.com/ ]
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DesignSpark RS components - [http://www.designspark.com/ ]
  
 
FreePCB - [http://www.freepcb.com/ ]
 
FreePCB - [http://www.freepcb.com/ ]
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Open Circuit Design - [http://opencircuitdesign.com/]
 
Open Circuit Design - [http://opencircuitdesign.com/]
  
Protel (Altium) AutoTrax/EasyTrax (DOS Based) - [http://www.altium.com/community/downloads/en/downloads_home.cfm]
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Protel/Altium AutoTrax/EasyTrax (DOS Based) - [http://www.altium.com/community/downloads/en/downloads_home.cfm]
  
 
TCI - [http://b.urbani.free.fr/] (French)
 
TCI - [http://b.urbani.free.fr/] (French)

Revision as of 22:10, 3 November 2011

Compiled by ElCap from EEVblog Forum: [1]

Free/Open source

DesignSpark RS components - [2]

FreePCB - [3]

Fritzing - [4]

gEDA - [5]

KiCAD - [6]

Minimal Board Editor - [7] (English, Japanese)

Open Circuit Design - [8]

Protel/Altium AutoTrax/EasyTrax (DOS Based) - [9]

TCI - [10] (French)

ZenitPCB - [11]

Limited free version

AutoTRAX - [12]

CADint - [13]

Cadstar Express (Zuken) - [14]

DipTrace - [15]

Eagle (Farnell/Newark) - [16]

Layo1 PCB - [17]

McCAD - [18]

OrCad 16.3 (Cadence) - [19]

Osmond PCB - [20] (Only PCB)

PCB Elegance - [21]

WinQcad - [22]


Commercial

Allegro (Cadence) - [23]

Altium - [24]

Ariadne - [25] (German)

AutoTRAX - [26]

Bartels AutoEngineer - [27] (English, German)

BoardMaker3 - [28]

Board Station (Mentor) - [29]

CADint - [30]

Cadstar (Zuken) - [31]

CIRCAD - [32]

CircuitCREATOR - [33]

Circuit Wizard, PCB wizard - [34]

CSiEDA - [35] (Korean)

CSiEDA - [36] (Japanese, English)

CR-5000 (Zuken) - [37]

DipTrace - [38]

Douglas CAD/CAM - [39]

Dreamcad - [40] (Japanese)

Eagle (Farnell/Newark) - [41]

Easy-PC - [42]

EDWinXP - [43]

Expedition Enterprise (Mentor) - [44]

ICADPCB (Fujitsu) - [45]

Layo1 PCB - [46]

McCAD - [47]

Orcad (Cadence) - [48]

Osmond PCB - [49] (Only PCB)

Pads (Mentor) - [50]

PCB Elegance - [51]

Proteus PCB Design - [52]

Pulsonix - [53]

Rimu Schematics/PCB - [54]

Scooter PCB - [55] (German)

Sprint-Layout - [56]

SuperCAD/SuperPCB - [57]

Target 3001 - [58] (English, German, French)

TINA (DesignSoft) - [59]

Ultiboard (National Instruments) - [60]

Vutrax - [61]

WinCircuit - [62]

WinQcad - [63]

XL designer (Seetrax) - [64]


Free SW for PCB order service (no gerber files export)

ECAD Pro - [65] (gerber files $25/board)

Expresspcb - [66]

Pad 2 Pad - [67]

PCB123 - [68] (gerber files $100/board)

PCB Artist - [69]

Target 3001 (PCB Pool edition) - [70] (gerber with proto)


Gerber tools

GCPrevue (Graphicode) - [71]

GerberLogix - [72]

gerbv - [73]

Viewplot - [74]


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

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/