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Application PCB POSIX Runs on Other Open Scripting
Contact page version/release Schematic? Simulation? Interface Imports Exports
and developer editing? style Windows? platforms? source? support
+ date Language(s)
Tools systems?

What links here PDF, HTML,

10.3 EDIF,
Related changes Active-HDL by Verilog, VHDL,
16 March 2016 Yes Yes No No Yes No No en Viewlogic,
Upload file Aldec EDIF, Zuken,
(4 years ago) more
Special pages more
Permanent link HSPICE,
Page information SPICE, HSPICE, SPICE, Python,
Wikidata item Advanced Design Spectre Spectre netlists; Application
2019
Cite this page System by SuSE, netlists; Gerber, Extension
15 November 2018 Yes Yes Yes Yes[2] Yes[2] No en
Keysight EEsof RHEL[2] Gerber, Excellon, Language
Print/export (17 months ago)[1]
EDA Excellon, ODB++, artwork; (proprietary;
Download as PDF ODB++, more "AEL")
Printable version artwork; more

OrCAD,
Languages
Allegro, PADS
हद
Logic, PADS 3D PDF, Gerber,
Српски / srpski
PCB, Gerber X2,
中文 Altium Designer 20.0.11
Expedition, Excellon, Delphi, JS,
Edit links (former Protel) by 28 January 2020 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Wine No Multilingual
DxDesigner, ODB++, DXF, VB
Altium (2 months ago)
EAGLE, STEP, OrCAD,
Gerber, STEP, EAGLE, more
Solidworks,
IDF, more

CADSTAR, Board 18 Yes Yes, Spice Yes No Yes No No en PADS, PDF, Gerber,
Designer, and 30 June 2017 OrCAD, P- Excellon,
Visula by Zuken (2 years ago) CAD, Protel, ODB++, DXF,
DXF, IDF IDF more

Release 10
CircuitLogix by SPICE, SPICE, PDF,
January 2019 Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No en
Logic Design Inc. Gerber, DXF Gerber, DXF
(1 year ago)

AD09, AD10,
AD12, PADS,
1.3.0.119 Gerber,
CircuitMaker by P-CAD,
August 2016 Yes No Yes No Yes Wine No en Excellon, DXF,
Altium OrCAD,
(3 years ago) STEP, more
Protel,
EAGLE, DXF

AD09, AD10,
AD12, PADS, Gerber,
1.5.1.13
CircuitStudio by P-CAD, Excellon,
25 May 2018 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Wine No en
Altium OrCAD, SPICE, DXF,
(22 months ago)
Protel, STEP, more
EAGLE, DXF

PDF, Gerber,
EDIF, DXF,
Excellon,
IGES, IDF,
13 ODB++ (must
BSDL, STEP,
CR-5000 by Zuken 17 May 2011 Yes Yes, SI & PI Yes Yes Yes Unix, Linux No en, jp request[3]), DXF,
ACIS, Gerber,
(8 years ago) STEP, IPC D-
Excellon,
356, IPC-2581,
more
EPS, ACIS

Gerber,
DesignSpark PCB 8
EAGLE, DXF, Excellon,
byRS 16 June 2016 Yes Yes, Spice Yes No Yes No No Various
EDIF ODB++, DXF,
Components (3 years ago)
IDF, PDF, LPKF

Gerber, Gerber
EAGLE,
X2, Excellon,
Altium, P-
ODB++, DXF, P-
CAD, PADS,
3.3.1.0 External CAD, PADS,
DipTrace by OrCAD,
29 November 2018 Yes (Spice netlist Yes Yes Yes Mac, Wine No 21 languages OrCAD, IPC-D-
Novarm Gerber, N/C
(16 months ago) export) 356, STEP,
Drill, DXF,
VRML, Pick and
BSDL Pinlist,
Place, CSV,
Netlists
BOM

EAGLE (XML),
EAGLE Protel, Netlists,
(XML), Images, Gerber,
Proprietary
ACCEL (P- Gerber X2,
EAGLE by 9.3.2 User
de, en, zh, hu, CAD, Altium, Excellon, Sieb &
Autodesk/CadSoft 21 March 2019 Yes Ngspice Yes Yes Yes Linux, Mac No Language
ru Protel), Meyer, HPGL,
Computer (12 months ago) Programming
ULTIBOARD, PostScript/EPS,
(ULP)
Netlists, BMP, PDF, Images,
Custom HyperLynx, IDF,
Custom

EasyEDA 5.4.12 Yes Ngspice Yes Yes Yes Linux, Mac, No en, fr, de, pl, jp, Altium, PDF, PNG, SVG, JSON
 7 May 2018 and ru, es, se, ua, EAGLE, JSON, Gerber,
(23 months ago) Chrome OS zh ... KiCad Excellon, Pick
as a Web libraries, and Place CSV
application LTspice file, CSV-
.asc/.asy files, formatted drill
JSON, Spice chart, Bill of
Materials CSV
file, Altium
netlist, FreePCB
netlist, PADS
Layout Netlist,
Spice netlist.

gEDA
0.9.3b[4] en, de, nl, es, it, Gerber, DIY
Yes, + symbols,
Fritzing 3 June 2016 No Yes Yes Yes Linux, Mac Yes fr, pt, ru, zh, jp, etching, BOM,
breadboard KiCad
(3 years ago) ... SVG, PDF, EPS
symbols, SVG

Gerber,
gschem
1.8.2[5] Excellon, SVG,
netlists, image
gEDA 25 September 2013 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Linux, Mac Yes en PDF, EPS, PNG, yes
as
(6 years ago) GIF, JPEG,
background
Specctra, XYRS

Internal: PDF, Gerber,

5.1.5[6] TinyCAD net
Ngspice zh_CN, de, en, Gerber X2,
lists, OrCAD
KiCad 27 November 2019 Yes External: Yes Yes Yes Linux, Mac Yes es, fr, it, pt, ru, Excellon, netlist, Python
EDIF, EAGLE
(4 months ago) SPICE netlist ja, pl, cz VRML2, STEP,
(XML)
export IDFv3

SPICE text file,

netlist, BOM,
HSPICE, Protel, Accel,
PSPICE, OrCad, PADS
12.0.2.3
Micro-Cap SPICE3, netlists,
18 November 2019 Yes Yes No No Yes Wine No en, jp
(end-of-life) netlists, Schematic and
(5 months ago)
Images, IBIS, Analysis Plots
Touchstone Images, Numeric
Output Text,
Excel

MS*, MP*,
EWB, Spice,
NI Ultiboard and BOM, Gerber,
14.2 OrCAD,
Multisim by Web Excellon, IGES
19 May 2019 Yes Yes Yes No Yes No en UltiCap,
National application [8] (3D), DXF (2D &
(10 months ago) [7] Protel, Gerber,
Instruments 3D), SVG
DXF, Ultiboard
4&5, Calay

OrCAD 17.2 Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No en EAGLE, PDF, Gerber, Tcl/TK,
October 2016 PADS, Altium, Gerber X2, SKILL (Lisp)
(3 years ago) STEP, DXF, Excellon
IDF, IDX, drill/route, netlist,
OrCAD SDT, ODB++, DXF,
IDF, IDX,
 OrCAD STEP,3D PDF,
Layout,OrCAD IPC2581

gschem
netlists, Protel
Autotrax,
KiCad (legacy
& s-expr
layouts),
Gerber/[Excellon
EAGLE (XML
format|drill],SVG,
& v3,4,5 Python, lua,
PDF, EPS, PNG,
binary perl, tcl,
GIF, JPEG,
layouts), AWK
Specctra, Protel
eeschema (multiple
Autotrax, KiCad
2.1.4[9] netlists, dialects), lisp
external: (legacy & s-
pcb-rnd 30 October 2019 No Yes Yes Yes Linux, Mac Yes en mentor & scheme
OpenEMS expr), DXF,
(5 months ago) netlists, (multiple
FidocadJ,
TinyCad dialects),
Mentor Graphics
netlists, LT- javascript,
Hyperlynx,
Spice, MUCS, ruby, pascal,
template
Specctra, BASIC
configurable
Mentor
XYRS/BOM
Graphics
Hyperlynx,
BMP, JPG,
GIF, HPGL,
image as
background

Allegro,
Altium,
CadStar, Gerber, Gerber
EAGLE, X2, Excellon,
10.0 Proprietary
Pulsonix by OrCAD, ODB++, IPC-
1 October 2018 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Wine No en language,
WestDev Ltd PADS, P- 2581, PDF, DXF,
(18 months ago) ActiveX
CAD, Protel, STEP, IDF,
Gerber, STEP, BOM, more
DXF, IDF,
more

Gerber, Gerber
X2, Excellon,
EAGLE, HPGL,
G-Code (Milling),
EAGLE, DXF,
CXF, STEP 3D,
Gerber,
20.3.0.64 Excel BOMs,
Gerber,
TARGET 3001! 29 April 2019 Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No en, de, fr Pick&Place,
Excellon,
(11 months ago) GenCAD,
BMP, CXF,
FABmaster, IPC
STEP 3D
D-356, Test
points, Netlists,
OBJ, POV-Ray,
PDF
 Upverter Yes No Yes Yes Yes Web No en Altium, PDF, Gerber,
10 May 2019 application OrCad, PDF, Excellon, netlist,
(11 months ago) OpenJSON, PADS Layout
EAGLE Netlist, Tempo
Automation, Pick
and Place CSV,
High-Res PNG,
STL, CSV-
formatted drill
chart, CSV-
formatted list of
all parts

123D Circuits by Yes, + Web

N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes No en EAGLE Gerber
Autodesk breadboard application

Latest Runs on
Application and PCB Runs on Other Open User Interface Scripting
version/release + Schematic? Simulation? POSIX style Imports Exports
developer editing? Windows? platforms? source? Language(s) support
date systems?

Free software [ edit ]

Name Architecture License Autorouter Comment

Electric *BSD, Java GPL Yes VLSI circuit design tool with connectivity at all levels. Can also be used for schematic entry and PCB design.
A printed circuit board design program for Microsoft Windows. FreePCB allows for up to 16 copper layers, both metric and
FreePCB w32 GPL Yes US customary units, and export of designs in Gerber format. Boards can be partially or fully autorouted with the
FreeRouting[10] autorouter by using the FpcROUTE Specctra DSN design file translator.
Protoboard view, schematic view, PCB view, Code (firmware) view. Includes customizable design rule checker. Includes
Windows, Mac,
Fritzing GPL Yes common shaped boards like Arduino and Raspberry Pi shields. Allows spline curve traces. Only two layers (top and bottom).
Linux
Outputs gerbers.
*BSD, Linux,
gEDA GPL Yes schematic, simulation, PCB editor, gerber view
Mac
Gnucap any (C++98) GPL3 No Mixed-signal circuit simulator
Icarus *BSD, Linux,
GPL No Verilog simulator
Verilog Mac
Linux, Mac, Built-in, or Full package for schematic and board design, etc. Design rule checking. User-defined symbols and footprints. Gerber/ drill
KiCad GNU GPL
Windows FreeRouting file creation. Graphic interface. Active user community.
KTechLab is a schematic capture and simulator. It is specifically geared toward mixed signal simulation of analog
KTechLab Linux GPL No
components and small digital processors.
Windows 7-10, LTspice is a schematic capture and analog simulator. It was original started by Linear Technology, now part of Analog
LTspice ? No
macOS 10.7+ Devices.
BSD
Magic Linux No A very-large-scale integration layout tool
license
Ngspice Linux, Solaris, BSD No SPICE + XSPICE + Cider
Mac, NetBSD,
 FreeBSD, w32
Oregano GPL No Schematic capture + spice simulation
Quite
Universal Linux, Solaris,
Circuit Mac, NetBSD, GPL No Schematic capture + Verilog + VHDL + simulation
Simulator FreeBSD, w32
(QUCS)
*BSD, Linux, Circuit layout program with extended file format support, DRC, parametric footprints, query language, and GUI and command
pcb-rnd GPL Yes
Mac, w32 line operation for batch processing and automation
Verilator is the fastest free Verilog HDL simulator. It compiles synthesizable Verilog into cycle accurate C++ or SystemC code
following 2-state synthesis (zero delay) semantics. Benchmarks reported on its website suggest it is several times faster than
Verilator Posix GPL No
commercial event driven simulators such as ModelSim, NC-Verilog and VCS, while not quite as fast as commercial cycle
accurate modeling tools such as Carbon ModelStudio and ARC VTOC.
XCircuit Unix GPL No Used to produce netlists and publish high-quality drawings.

See also [ edit ]

Electronic Design Automation (EDA)

List of EDA companies
List of free electronics circuit simulators
Schematic editor
SPICE, a general purpose analog circuit simulator.
TopoR

References [ edit ]

1. ^ "PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS) Software | Keysight" . www.keysight.com.

2. ^ a b c "ADS Supported Platforms" . Archived from the original on 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
3. ^ "PCB tools supporting ODB++" . Artwork.com. Artwork Conversion Software Inc. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
4. ^ "Fritzing Fab now powered by AISLER | Fritzing Blog" . blog.fritzing.org.
5. ^ "geda:download [gEDA Project Wiki]" . wiki.geda-project.org.
6. ^ "KiCad 5.1.5 Release" . KiCad 5.1.5 Release.
7. ^ "Upgrade Multisim™ - National Instruments" . www.ni.com.
8. ^ "Multisim Web App" . Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
9. ^ "pcb-rnd - news" . repo.hu.
10. ^ Wirtz, Alfons (2014-03-08) [2004]. "FreeRouting - Printed Circuit Board Routing Software from FreeRouting.net" . Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2017-09-24.

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