PCB CAD programs

Compiled by ElCap from EEVblog Forum: [1]

Free/Open source

DesignSpark (RS comp) - [2] FreePCB - [3] Fritzing - [4] gEDA - [5] KiCAD - [6] Minimal Board Editor - [7] (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

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/

Commercial

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 - 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/ 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 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/ 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

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/