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Schematic generation program
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:24 pm
by The Dark Side of Will
I know we have some code and electronics geeks in this forum...
What's a (preferrably free) decent computer program for drawing schematics/circuit diagrams (not necessarily laying out boards)?
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:43 pm
by whipped
Eagle
Orcad is better for just schematics, and IMHO is more user friendly, but I don't know for sure if they offer any free versions. You can check here:
http://www.cadence.com/orcad/
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 4:22 pm
by p8ntman442
Eagle is good, especially the pay version. I have the student version of Pspice on my PC, but I dont have the disk. If you want it and cant find it, I think I can make it a torrent and seed it for you if you have a torrent program.
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:59 pm
by Starlite528
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:08 pm
by Mickey_Moose
PSpice student version is a free download from thier site. Suppose to allow you to simulate your design - I have no real experience with this one).
You could also try Electronics workbench (Multisim) (they have a 30 day trial period). Allows you to simulate your design
I personally use Multisim (it also comes with a board layout program - Utility board). It comes with most common parts in the database, PSpice, I ofund you have to download the device models from the net as it only comes with a very limited amount.
Or use as suggested above by Whipped.
enjoy
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:01 pm
by p8ntman442
Pspice can be brought into autocad to generate board layouts.
*I think* I've never actually done it.