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eSim

eSim (previously known as Oscad / FreeEDA) is an open source EDA tool for circuit design... Created by FOSSEE

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eSim (previously known as Oscad / FreeEDA) is an open source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis and PCB design. It is an integrated tool built using open source software such as KiCad and Ngspice . eSim is released under GPL.

eSim offers similar capabilities and ease of use as any equivalent proprietary software for schematic creation, simulation and PCB design, without having to pay a huge amount of money to procure licenses. Hence it can be an affordable alternative to educational institutions and SMEs. It can serve as an alternative to commercially available/ licensed software tools like OrCAD, Xpedition and HSPICE. More Info »

FEATURES

Draw circuits using KiCad, create a netlist and simulate using Ngspice.
Do PCB design and generate Gerber files using KiCad.
Add/Edit device models and subcircuits using the Model Builder and Subcircuit Builder tools.
Runs on Ubuntu Linux and Windows.

Links to official eSim sites

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circuit-simulation pcb-layout eda pcb-design electronic-design-automation printed-circuit-board circuit-design pcb-viewer circuit-editor netlist gerber-file-generation

eSim was added by petertrypsteen in Jan 2017 and the latest update was made in Jan 2017. The list of alternatives was updated Nov 2018 There is a history of all activites on eSim in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on eSim or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

eSim main window provides frontend to create projects for drawing schematic,PCB layout and doing circuit simulation.

eSim creates a circuit schematic using eeschema editor of Kicad. It allows the creation and modification of components and symbol libraries.

eSim provides the feature to create PCB layout of circuit schematic using cvpcb package of Kicad. It also supports multiple hierarchical layers of printed circuit design.

Apart from Ngspice plot eSim provides an interactive plotting frontend where user can select nodes or branch and plot voltage or current respectively.

eSim has capability to convert the Kicad netlist to Ngspice netlist and plot the voltage or current at node or branch respectively.

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