Comparison of EDA software
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Comparison of Electronic design automation (EDA) software
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Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
| 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. |
| FreePCB | w32 | GPL | Yes | A printed circuit board design program for Microsoft Windows. FreePCB allows for up to 16 copper layers, both metric and US customary units, and export of designs in Gerber format. Boards can be partially or fully autorouted with the FreeRouting autorouter by using the FpcROUTE Specctra DSN file translator. |
| gEDA | *BSD, Linux, Mac | GPL | Yes | schematic, simulation, PCB editor, gerber view |
| Icarus Verilog | *BSD, Linux, Mac | GPL | Verilog simulator | |
| KiCad | *BSD, Windows, Linux, Mac | GNU GPL | Built-in, or FreeRouting | Full package for schematic and board design, etc. Design rule checking. User-defined symbols and footprints. Gerber/ drill file creation. Sophisticated graphic interface. Active user community. |
| KTechLab | Linux | GPL | n/a | KTechLab is a schematic capture and simulator. It is specifically geared toward mixed signal simulation of analog components and small digital processors. |
| Magic | Linux | BSD license | no | A popular very-large-scale integration layout tool |
| Ngspice | Linux, Solaris, Mac, NetBSD, FreeBSD, w32 | BSD | SPICE + XSPICE + Cider | |
| Oregano | GPL | no | Schematic capture + spice simulation | |
| Quite Universal Circuit Simulator | Linux, Solaris, Mac, NetBSD, FreeBSD, w32 | GPL | Schematic capture + Verilog + VHDL + simulation | |
| Verilator | Posix | GPL | 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 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 | Used to produce netlists and publish high-quality drawings. |
Comparison of EDA packages
| Application and developer | Latest version/release + date | Schematic? | Simulation? | PCB editing? | Runs on POSIX style systems? | Runs on Windows? | Other platforms? | Open source? |
User Interface Language(s) | Imports | Exports | Scripting support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Design System by Keysight EEsof EDA | 2015.015 December 11, 2014[1] |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[2] | Yes[2] | SuSE, RHEL[2] | No | en | HSPICE, SPICE, Spectre netlists; Gerber/drill, ODB++, artwork; more | HSPICE, SPICE, Spectre netlists; Gerber/drill, ODB++, artwork; more | Python, Application Extension Language (proprietary; "AEL") |
| Active-HDL by Aldec | 10.3 March 16, 2016 |
Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | en | EDIF, Viewlogic, more | PDF, HTML, Verilog, VHDL, EDIF, Zuken, more | |
| Altium Designer (former Protel) and PCAD by Altium | 14.3.18 June 30, 2015 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Multilingual | OrCAD, Allegro, PADS Logic, PADS PCB, Expedition, DxDesigner, EAGLE, Gerber, STEP, IDF, more | PDF, Gerber/drill, Gerber X2, ODB++, DXF, STEP, OrCAD, more | Delphi, JS, VB |
| AutoTRAX by DEX 2020 | 6.42.02 August 22, 2015 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Various | EAGLE, P-CAD, PADS, OrCAD, Gerber, DXF | Gerber/drill, DXF, P-CAD, PADS, OrCAD | Python, IronPython - C# .NET |
| CADSTAR, Board Designer, and Visula by Zuken | 13 November 8, 2011 |
Yes | Yes, Spice | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | en | PADS, OrCAD, P-CAD, Protel, DXF, IDF | PDF, Gerber/drill, ODB++, DXF, IDF more | |
| CircuitLogix by Logic Design Inc. | Release 9.1 January 2013 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | en | SPICE, Gerber, DXF | SPICE, PDF, Gerber, DXF, | |
| CircuitMaker by Altium | Open beta 1.0 November 2015 |
Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | en | PADS, P-CAD, OrCAD, Protel, EAGLE, DXF | Gerber/drill, DXF, STEP, more | |
| CR-5000 by Zuken | 13 May 17, 2011 |
Yes | Yes, SI & PI | Yes | Yes | Yes | UNIX, Linux | No | en, jp | EDIF, DXF, IGES, IDF, BSDL, STEP, ACIS, Gerber/drill, more | PDF, Gerber/drill, ODB++ (must request[3]), DXF, STEP, IPC D-356, IPC-2581, EPS, ACIS | |
| DipTrace by Novarm | 2.4.0.2 July 21, 2014 |
Yes | External (Spice netlist export) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Mac, Wine | No | 21 languages | EAGLE, P-CAD, PADS, OrCAD, Gerber, N/C Drill, DXF, BSDL Pinlist, Netlists | Gerber/drill, Gerber X2, ODB++, DXF, P-CAD, PADS, OrCAD, IPC-D-356, STEP, VRML, Pick and Place | |
| DesignSpark PCB from RS Components | 7.0.1 January 15, 2015 |
Yes | Yes, Spice | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Various | EAGLE, DXF, EDIF | Gerber/drill, ODB++, IDF, PDF, more | |
| EAGLE by CadSoft Computer | 7.2.0 November 27, 2014 |
Yes | LTspice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Linux, Mac | No | de, en, zh, hu | EAGLE (XML), ACCEL (P-CAD, Altium, Protel), ULTIBOARD, Netlists, BMP, Custom | EAGLE (XML), Protel, Netlists, Images, PDF, Gerber, Excellon, Sieb&Meyer, HPGL, PostScript/EPS, PDF, Images, HyperLynx, Custom | Proprietary User Language Programming (ULP) |
| EasyEDA | 2.11.9 November 28, 2015 |
Yes | Ngspice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Linux, Mac | No | en, fr, de, pl, jp, ru, es, se, ua, zh ... | Altium, Eagle, Kicad libraries, LTspice .asc/.asy files, JSON, Spice | PDF, PNG, SVG, JSON, Gerber/drill, Pick and Place CSV file, CSV-formatted drill chart, Bill of Materials CSV file, Altium netlist, FreePCB netlist, PADS Layout Netlist, Spice netlist. | JSON |
| EDWinXP | 2.00 December 18, 2015 |
Yes | EDSpice | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | en | Altium, Orcad PCB II Wirelist, VHDL , ODB++ ,SPICE | Gerber/drill, Pick and Place CSV file, CSV-formatted drill chart, Bill of Materials CSV file, Altium netlist, FreePCB netlist, PADS Layout Netlist, Spice netlist ,Xilinx Netlist ,JEDEC Netlist, Scicards Schematic Netlist. | |
| Fritzing | 0.9.2b[4] April 2, 2015 |
Yes, + breadboard | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Linux, Mac | Yes | en, de, nl, es, it, fr, pt, ru, zh, jp, ... | gEDA symbols, KiCad symbols, SVG | Gerber, DIY etching, BOM, SVG, PDF, EPS | |
| gEDA | 1.8.2[5] September 25, 2013 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Linux, Mac | Yes | en | Unknown | Gerber/drill | |
| KiCad | 4.0.2[6] February 28, 2016 |
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Linux, Mac | Yes | de, en, es, fr, pt, ru | TinyCAD net lists, OrCAD EDIF, EAGLE (XML) | PDF, Gerber/drill, Gerber X2, netlist, VRML2, IDFv3 | Python |
| Upverter | 3.0 August 29, 2014 |
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Linux, Mac | No | en | Altium, OrCad, PDF, OpenJSON, Eagle | PDF, Gerber/drill, netlist, PADS Layout Netlist, Tempo Automation, Pick and Place CSV, High-Res PNG, STL, CSV-formatted drill chart, CSV-formatted list of all parts | |
| Various SmartSpice, Expert, Guardian, Hipex, and more products by Silvaco | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Linux | No | en, cn, kr, jp | Various: HSPICE, Spectre, Verilog-A, SPICE, EDIF, GDSII | Various: SPICE, SPEF, GDSII | |
| Various (Board Station, PADS Layout VX.0, Expedition, xDxDesigner, HyperLynx, ECAD Collaborator...), by Mentor Graphics | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | en | ODB++ | GGerber/drill, BoM, IDF, ODB++ | |
| Micro-Cap by Spectrum Software | 11 July 14, 2014 |
Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | en, jp | HSPICE, PSPICE, SPICE3, netlists, Images, IBIS, Touchstone | SPICE text file, netlist, BOM ,Protel,Accel,OrCad,PADS netlists, Schematic and Analysis Plots Images, Numeric Output Text,Excel | |
| PCB Investigator by easyLogix Schindler & Schill GmbH | 3.4.4 June 2012 |
No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | en | ODB++, Gerber/drill, Sieb&Meyer, GenCAD 1.4, DXF, IPC2581 | ODB++, DXF, Catia-Script, X-File, BOM, GenCAD 1.4, Gerber, other | |
| Pulsonix | Release 8.5 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | en | Allegro, Altium, CadStar, Eagle, OrCAD, PADS, P-CAD, Protel, Gerber, STEP, DXF, IDF, more | Gerber/drill, ODB++, IPC-2581, Gerber X2, PDF, DXF, STEP, IDF, BOM, more | Proprietary language, ActiveX |
| SLED by Dolphin Integration | Release 6.1 December 2013 |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Linux | No | en | EDIF, ASCII, Several netlist formats | EDIF, Several netlist formats, CSDF, SPI3, more | |
| TARGET 3001! | 18.4.0.4 April 19, 2016 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | en, de, fr | EAGLE, DXF, Gerber, XGerber, Excellon, BMP, CXF, STEP 3D | XGerber, Excellon, HPGL, G-Code (Milling), CXF, STEP 3D, BOMs, Pick&Place, Test points, Netlists, OBJ, POV-RAY | |
| NI Ultiboard and Multisim by National Instruments | 13 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | en | MS*, MP*, EWB, Spice, OrCAD, UltiCap, Protel, Gerber, DXF, Ultiboard 4&5, Calay | BOM, Gerber/drill, IGES (3D), DXF (2D & 3D), SVG | |
| Various Allegro and OrCAD products by Cadence Design Systems | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AIX, Solaris, Linux | No | Several | Gerber, DXF, IDF, IFF, PADS, PCAD | DXF, IDF, IPC356, OrCAD netlist, ODB++ | Proprietary SKILL language, and some TCL |
| Viewlogic by Synopsys | Unknown | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No | en | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Scheme-it by Digi-Key | N/A | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Web application | No | en | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 123D Circuits by Autodesk | N/A | Yes, + breadboard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Web application | No | en | Eagle | Gerber | |
| Application and developer | Latest version/release + date | Schematic? | Simulation? | PCB editing? | Runs on POSIX style systems? | Runs on Windows? | Other platforms? | Open source? |
User Interface Language(s) | Imports | Exports | Scripting support |
Note: ODB++ support is drawn partly from lists by Artwork Conversion Software[3] and Mentor Graphics[7]
See also
- Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
- List of EDA companies
- List of free electronics circuit simulators
- Schematic editor
- SPICE, a general purpose analog circuit simulator.
References
- ↑ Advanced Design System – ADS Software - Current Version
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ADS Supported Platforms
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://blog.fritzing.org/2015/04/03/new-fritzing-version-0-9-2b-released/
- ↑ http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:download
- ↑ http://kicad-pcb.org/post/release-4.0.2/
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