Comparison of EDA software
Comparison of Electronic design automation (EDA) software
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 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. |
| gEDA | *BSD, Linux, Mac | GPL | 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. Dsign 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 |
| 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 2014-12-11[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 | 2011-10 9.1 |
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 | 2013-02-13 Release 2013 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Multilingual | OrCAD, Allegro, PADS Logic, PADS PCB, Expedition, DxDesigner, EAGLE, Gerber, STEP, IDF, more | PDF, Gerber/drill, ODB++, DXF, STEP, OrCAD, more | Delphi, JS, VB |
| AutoTRAX DEX by DEX 2020 | 2012-10-05 1.11.37 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Various | EAGLE, P-CAD, PADS, OrCAD, Gerber, DXF | Gerber/drill, DXF, P-CAD, PADS, OrCAD | |
| CADSTAR, Board Designer, and Visula by Zuken | 2011-11-08 13 |
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. | 2013-01 Release 9.1 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | en | SPICE, Gerber, DXF | SPICE, PDF, Gerber, DXF, | |
| CR-5000 by Zuken | 2011-05-17 13 |
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 | 2014-07-21 2.4.0.2 |
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mac, Wine | No | 18 languages | EAGLE, P-CAD, PADS, OrCAD, Gerber, DXF | Gerber/drill, DXF, P-CAD, PADS, OrCAD | |
| DesignSpark PCB from RS Components | 2015-01-15 7.0.1 |
Yes | Yes, Spice | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Various | EAGLE, DXF, EDIF | Gerber/drill, ODB++, IDF, PDF, more | |
| EAGLE by CadSoft Computer | 2014-11-27 7.2.0 |
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) |
| EDWinXP from Visionics | 2010-02 1.90 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | en, jp | ODB++ | ODB++ | |
| Fritzing | 2014-07-14 0.9.0b |
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 | 2013-09-25 1.8.2[4] |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Linux, Mac | Yes | en | Unknown | Gerber/drill | |
| KiCad | 2013-07-07-BZR4022 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Linux, Mac | Yes | de, en, es, fr, pt, ru | TinyCAD net lists, OrCAD EDIF | PDF, Gerber/drill, netlist, VRML2, IDFv3 | |
| 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, Expedition, DxDesigner, 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 | 2014-07-14 11 |
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 | 2012-06 3.4.4 |
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 | |
| SLED by Dolphin Integration | 2013, December Release 6.1 |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Linux | No | en | EDIF, ASCII, Several netlist formats | EDIF, Several netlist formats, CSDF, SPI3, more | |
| TARGET 3001! | V17.3.0.20 2015-01-28 |
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, Testpoints, 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 | 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[5]
See also
- Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
- List of EDA companies
- 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 "PCB tools supporting ODB++". Artwork.com. Artwork Conversion Software Inc. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
- ↑ http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:download
- ↑ "ODB++ Data Exchange". Mentor.com. Mentor Graphics. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
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