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Comparison of EDA software

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Comparison of Electronic design automation (EDA) software

Contents
1 Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) 2 Proprietary software 3 Comparison of EDA packages 4 See also 5 References

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

Name ChipVault Electric *BSD, Java Architecture License GPL GPL GPL GPLv3 GPL GPL Yes Yes Yes Yes Autorouter Terminal based vi wrapper for HDL 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 English 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. Integrated tool for breadboard, schematic, and PCB design. Targeted at non-engineers (designers, artists, researchers, hobbyists) and users of microcontroller platforms such as Arduino. Suite of applications for schematic capture, PCB layout editing (with autorouting capability), Gerber viewing, analog circuit simulation, Verilog design, and GTK-based waveform viewing. Microsoft Windows-compatible binaries are no longer available but Dan McMahill maintains a build script for that OS. Verilog simulator Unlike other free software alternatives, KiCad provides for all design stages through the same interface: Schematic capture, PCB layout, Gerber generation/visualization, and library editing are all standard features. It also has a "3D view" feature for PCBs. GPLv2 Yes It is available for all three major operating systems, and features a large selection of component libraries. Migration tools (for transferring files from other EDA packages) are also provided. The file format is plain text, and is well documented, which is a useful feature for content management systems. KTechLab is a schematic capture and simulator. It is specifically geared toward mixed signal simulation of analog components and small digital processors. a popular very-large-scale integration layout tool schematic capture + spice simulation Schematic capture + Verilog + VHDL + simulation Used to produce netlists and publish high-quality drawings. 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. Comment

FreePCB w32 Fritzing gEDA Icarus Verilog w32, Mac, Linux *BSD, Mac, Linux *BSD, Linux, Mac

KiCad

*BSD, Linux, w32, Mac

KTechLab Linux Magic Oregano Linux

GPL BSD license GPL

n/a no no

Quite Linux, Solaris, Universal Mac, NetBSD, GPL Circuit FreeBSD, w32 Simulator XCircuit Verilator Unix Posix GPL GPL

Proprietary software

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Application AutoTRAX EDA and DEX CircuitLogix

Vendor Autotrax Software Logic Design Inc

Simulation Engine Spice 3f5 Xspice variant No

Licence Proprietary, free version available Proprietary Proprietary, free version available Proprietary, free versions available Proprietary, free versions available

Platform Windows POSIX Yes Yes Yes No No No (Wine used) Yes (Linux) No

Components

Netlist Format

Vector Output

Schematic capture, simulation, PCB layout editor, Active3D Schematic capture and editing, PCB design, Simulation Probe Schematic capture, PCB design, layout, 3D View, manufacturing files, BOM quote (from RS) Schematic capture editor, library editor, simulation (LTspice), PCB layout editor, auto-router, CAM processor, BOM processor, DesignLink, ULPs Various Various

RS-274X Gerber format Extended Gerber format, PostScript, HPGL Gerber, PDF, ...

DesignSpark RS PCB Components EAGLE TARGET 3001! CadSoft Computer Ing.-Bro Friedrich

LTspice PSpice compatible

Yes

Various Extended Gerber format, PostScript, STEP-3D, HPGL, G-code

Yes

Schematic capture, simulation, PCB design, auto-router, 3D live Various view, front panel design

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) Stable?

Advanced Design System by Agilent EEsof EDA

2011.05 2011-05

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Linux, Solaris

No

en

Yes

Active-HDL by Aldec

2011-10 9.1

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

No

en

Yes

Altium Designer (former Protel) and PCAD by Altium

2013-02-13 Release 2013

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

en

Yes

AutoTRAX DEX by DEX 2020

2012-10-05 1.11.37

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Various

Yes

CADSTAR, Board Designer, and Visula by Zuken CircuitLogix by Logic Design Inc.

2011-11-08 13 2013-01 Release 9.1

Yes

Yes, Spice

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

en

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

en

Yes

CR-5000 by Zuken

2011-05-17 13

Yes

Yes, SI & PI

Yes

Yes

Yes

UNIX, Linux

No

en, jp

Yes

DipTrace by Novarm

2012-10-19 2.3

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mac, Wine

No

18 languages

Yes

DesignSpark PCB from RS Components

2013-04-13 5.0

Yes

Yes, Spice

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Various

Yes

EAGLE by CadSoft Computer

2013-08-07 6.5.0

Yes

LTspice

Yes

Yes

Yes

Linux, Mac

No

de, en, zh, hu

Yes

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Easy-PC (http://www.numberone.com/easypc.asp), by Number One Systems EDWinXP from Visionics

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2013-07-20 Version 17 2010-02 1.90 2013-07-27 0.8.3b 2011-01-15 1.6.2 2013-07-07BZR4022

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

en

Yes

Yes Yes, + breadboard Yes Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

en, jp en, de, nl, es, it, fr, pt, ru, zh, jp, ... en de, en, es, fr, pt, ru

Yes

Fritzing

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Linux, Mac

Yes

Yes

gEDA KiCad

Yes No

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Linux, Mac Linux, Mac

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Various SmartSpice, Expert, Guardian, Hipex, and more products by Silvaco

N/A

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Linux

No

en, cn, kr, jp

Yes

Various (Board Station, PADS, Expedition, DxDesigner, HyperLynx, ECAD Collaborator...), by Mentor Graphics Micro-Cap by Spectrum Software Proteus by Labcenter Electronics

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

en

Yes

2010-06-26 10 7.7

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

No Yes

No No

Yes Yes

No No

No No

en en

Yes Yes

PCB Investigator by easyLogix Schindler & Schill GmbH

2012-06 3.4.4

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

en

Yes

Pulsonix (http://www.pulsonix.com/index.asp)

2013-08-20 Release 8.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

en

Yes

SLASH by Dolphin Integration

2011, February

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

en

Yes

TARGET 3001!

16.4.0.46 2013-08

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

en, de, fr

Yes

NI Ultiboard and Multisim by National Instruments

11

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

en

Yes

Various Allegro and OrCAD products by Cadence Design Systems Viewlogic by Synopsys

N/A

Yes No

Yes No

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

AIX, Solaris, Linux Unknown

No No

Several en

Yes Unknown

Unknown

Note: ODB++ support is drawn partly from lists by Artwork Conversion Software[1] and Mentor Graphics[2]

See also
Schematic editor Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
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SPICE, a general purpose analog circuit simulator. List of EDA companies

References
1. ^ a b "PCB tools supporting ODB++" (http://www.artwork.com/odb++/pcb_tools_supporting_odb.htm). Artwork.com. Artwork Conversion Software Inc. Retrieved 2011-09-25. 2. ^ "ODB++ Data Exchange" (http://web.archive.org/web/20121006175726/http://www.mentor.com/products/pcb-system-design/odb-data-exchange). Mentor.com. Mentor Graphics. Archived from the original (http://www.mentor.com/products/pcb-system-design/odb-data-exchange) on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

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