iCircuit AlternativesCircuit Simulators & Electronic Design Automation Tools like iCircuit

iCircuit is described as 'The easy to use electronic circuit simulator and designer - the perfect tool for students, hobbyists, and engineers' and is a circuit simulator in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to iCircuit for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best iCircuit alternative is KiCad, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like iCircuit are Fritzing, Circuit JS, Square Sketch and QUCS.

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  1. KiCad icon
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    KiCad is an open source software suite for electronic design automation (EDA) - designing schematics of electronic circuits and printed circuit boards (PCB). KiCad is developed by Jean-Pierre Charras. And features an integrated environment between schematic capture, bill of...

    59 KiCad alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Docker
     
  2. Fritzing icon
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    Open-source initiative aiding designers, artists, and researchers in transforming prototypes to actual products, documenting circuits, sharing, teaching, and PCB manufacturing.

    57 Fritzing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
     
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    Comments about Fritzing as an Alternative to iCircuit
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    Fritzing is for Arduino development.

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    • Fritzing is Paid and Open SourceiCircuit is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Circuit JS icon
     63 likes

    This is a javascript electronic circuit simulator. When the applet starts up you will see an animated schematic of a simple LRC circuit. The green color indicates positive voltage. The gray color indicates ground. A red color indicates negative voltage.

    47 Circuit JS alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  4. Square Sketch icon
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    Digital graph paper for diagrams, technical sketches and geometric art.

    101 Square Sketch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Comments about Square Sketch as an Alternative to iCircuit
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    This isn't for simulating circuits at all.

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    • Square Sketch is Paid and ProprietaryiCircuit is also Paid and Proprietary
    • Square Sketch is Privacy focusediCircuit is not according to our users
  5. QUCS icon
     38 likes

    The Quite Universal Circuit Simulator (QUCS) is an integrated circuit simulator allowing the simulation and graphical presentation of results of large-signal, small-signal and noise behavior in circuits.

    36 QUCS alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Pspice icon
     5 likes

    Software for Simulating Voltage and Currents of a text file net-list of a electronics components such as Resistors, Capacitors, inductors, transisters, Diodes, Voltage and Current Sources, etc.

    32 Pspice alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. This electronic circuit simulator is highly interactive giving the feeling of playing with real components. It's very helpful for experimentation and visualization. It's a desktop version of the Circuit JS.

    34 CircuitJS1 Desktop Mod alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Altium Designer icon
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    Features a unified workflow for schematic capture, PCB layout, mixed analog/digital simulation, signal integrity analysis, real-time 3D editing, ECAD-MCAD collaboration, component libraries, collaborative design tools, BOM generation, routing, and manufacturing outputs.

    51 Altium Designer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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