Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Electronics/Programs

Some of this could be put into an article... — Omegatron 23:43, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

software that creates circuits from waveforms our output specifications
as an ignorant person I would like to just draw the waveform I want, specifying values, then have the software show me at a circuit diagram what collection of op amps 555 timers or even standard DSP Ics with an fpga would make what I described. does anything like that exist. If it does it would be awesome to list it or link to it here Much appreciated

block diagrams
I'd suggest to add specific information about the usability of each of the presented programs for creating block diagrams. Some of the programs specifically intended for creating circuit diagrams have library symbols with detail definition (example op-amp with 3 basic pins - block diagram: only input and output; block diagram speaker: 1 terminal). Here flowcharter type of software could serve one's needs better. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.164.185.31 (talk) 00:25, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

circuit-macros
http://www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/~aplevich/Circuit_macros/ This satisfies pretty much all the requirements, but it would appear some people want a GUI for editing which this does not have inherently, (although KDE interfaces can be found at http://wwwu.uni-klu.ac.at/magostin/cirkuit.html and http://staff.ee.sun.ac.za/pjrandewijk/wiki/index.php/M4_Circuit_Macros_-_Kile_Integration Laganne (talk) 18:14, 25 June 2009 (UTC)). It may be a little bit harder to get the hang of, but this would come with all the benefits of LaTeX. Authors would be able to upload their code for a diagram, allowing it to be very easily modified. SVG output is as simple as it is with other TeX/LaTeX files, so that's not a problem. Have a look at the link for ".png files" to see some examples, the links for .m4 files will show the code required. The component library is also larger than pst-circ and the alternatives I've looked at and much better looking, in my opinion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.143.22 (talk) 18:47, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

I've added a couple of circuit diagrams that I made using circuit-macros, just so people can see the final result. The images are SVG so they scale very nicely, but I'm not particularly happy with the blurry lines at the default zoom level. Robert A. Maxwell (talk) 09:54, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

ExpressSCH / ExpressPCB
I would like to add ExpressSCH to the list, but I haven't a clue (could someone do it?). ExpressSCH is a part of ExpressPCB, both are free downloadable programs for Windows from expresspcb.com. The ExpressSCH is specifically for drawing schematics, as the name implies. It has a library, but sometimes needs additional symbols. These can be created or modified easily within the program and added to the custom and favorites libs. The file is saved in their native format, however the schematic can be exported as a 386k .BMP. The program supports multiple pages or sheets. I found an occasional bug in ExpressSCH; they have since come out with a newer revision but I don't know if those were fixed. I learned how to use it fairly quickly, and I'm satisfied with its capabilities. The other prog, expressPCB allows one to design a 2 sided printed circuit board, however the idea is that the result is sent to the company where they make the boards and charge your credit card, which is how they stay in business. Three Miniboards cost 65 dollars U.S. acmefixer (at) yahoo dot com 2012 Friday, Jan the 13th.Acmefixer (talk) 16:04, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Done, but without much detail. --Robkam (talk) 20:23, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Cadsoft Eagle?
Widely used, http://www.cadsoft.de/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.143.236.166 (talk) 13:05, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

New SVG Klunky?
Any news on the new SVG version of Klunky that Poccil is apparently working on? Roger 04:21, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I can't find the program you mention but here is mine if anyone would like to try it webtronics. It only works in Firefox and Chrome and still has bugs. It is a work in progress and I am an amateur developer. If anyone would like to help I am willing to accept new developers. SVG has a lot of potential as a schematic platform. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.89.166.248 (talk) 00:45, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

gnu Electric?
I'm researching a good schematic drawing program, and one that I ran across that fulfills nearly all the requirements mentioned is gnu Electric, at http://www.staticfreesoft.com/. However, I don't know if it will output SVG files. 207.32.229.26 (talk) 02:44, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

It may not be pretty, but it does work. Nice find! Care to add it to the feature chart? It doesn't have direct export to SVG, but it does have export to PostScript. Inkscape 0.46 (not yet released, but working pre-release builds are availble) can open PDFs and save them as SVGs. The same basic idea (print to PDF) works for many programs, and with the new Inkscape, it's now easier to get those converted to SVGs. QUCS has the same problem (lack of direct SVG support) except printing doesn't work right in the Windows version (Linux is fine). I filed a feature request to see if the QUCS devs would add a save as SVG option and they seem optimistic about that. TheAmigo42 (talk) 22:57, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Circuit Maker60
I removed the information about Circuit Maker60 from the project page because I am unable to find it; the microcode.com website appears to be dead (no response over the course of a week), and Altium Designer does not appear to have a demo version (not to mention that it is way overblown for simple schematic drawings). Alan (talk) 17:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Circuit Maker60
See Older version and Newer Version. It is a good designer and a good simulator. This is the latest Live Design from Altium.

Vector Blocks = dead - does anyone have a copy of it?
I noticed that link to Vector Blocks (the Klunky-like software for drawing schematics) is dead. I tagged it with dead link -template in the article. Does anyone have a working copy of the software? --Vesa Linja-aho (talk) 04:37, 8 October 2014 (UTC)