Comparison of EDA software
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Comparison of Electronic design automation (EDA) software
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
| Name | Architecture | License | Autorouter | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChipVault | GPL | Terminal based vi wrapper for HDL | ||
| 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. |
| Icarus Verilog | *BSD, Linux, Mac | GPL | Verilog simulator | |
| 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 Agilent EEsof EDA | 2011.05 2011-05 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Linux, Solaris | No | en | HSPICE, SPICE, Spectre netlists; Gerber/drill, ODB++, artwork; more | HSPICE, SPICE, Spectre netlists; Gerber/drill, ODB++, artwork; more | |
| 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[1]), 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 | 2014-11-24 7.0.0 |
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) |
| Easy-PC, by Number One Systems | 2013-07-20 Version 17 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | en | Board Maker, Eagle, Ultiboard | PDF, Gerber/drill, ODB++, DXF, IDF more | |
| 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[2] |
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 | |
| Upverter | 2014-08-29-3.0 | 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 | — | 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 | — | 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 | |
| Proteus by Labcenter Electronics | 8.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | en | Unknown | netlist, ODB++, BoM, Gerber/drill, IDF, BMP, HTML, CSV, DXF, 3D DXF, STL, PDF, EMF, EPS, HPGL and more | |
| 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 | 2013-08-20 Release 8.0 |
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++, 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! | V17.2.0.48 2014-10-29 |
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 | — | 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 | |
| EasyEDA | N/A | Yes | Yes, Spice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Web application | No | en, zh, jp, fr, po | Eagle, Altium, Kicad, LTspice | Gerber, PNG, SVG, PDF | |
| 123D Circuits by Autodesk | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Web application | No | en | Eagle | Gerber |
Note: ODB++ support is drawn partly from lists by Artwork Conversion Software[1] and Mentor Graphics[3]
See also
- Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
- List of EDA companies
- Schematic editor
- SPICE, a general purpose analog circuit simulator.
References
- ^ a b "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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