LTspice AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Electronic Design Automation Tools

The best Electronic Design Automation alternative to LTspice is KiCad, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to LTspice and 14 are Electronic Design Automation Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Electronic Design Automation Tool alternatives to LTspice are QUCS, Pspice, Circuit JS and Proteus PCB design.

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LTspice alternatives are mainly Electronic Design Automation Tools, but if you're looking for Circuit Simulators or Circuit Designers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, iPad, Android, iPad + Circuit Simulation, Free, Open Source and iPhone. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to LTspice.
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  1. KiCad icon

    KiCad

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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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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Docker
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    QUCS

     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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  4. Pspice icon

    Pspice

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    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

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    • Freemium
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    • Windows
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  5. Circuit JS icon

    Circuit JS

     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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    • Online
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    Ngspice

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    Ngspice is a mixed-level/mixed-signal circuit simulator. Its code is based on three open source software packages: Spice3f5, Cider1b1 and Xspice. Ngspice is part of gEDA project, a full GPL'd suite of Electronic Design Automation tools.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  10. Qucs-S icon

    Qucs-S

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    Qucs-S is a spin-off of the Qucs cross-platform circuit simulator. "S" letter indicates SPICE. The purpose of the Qucs-S subproject is to use free SPICE circuit simulation kernels with the Qucs GUI.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  11. Ktechlab icon

    Ktechlab

     28 likes

    KTechLab is an IDE for microcontrollers and electronics. It supports circuit simulation, program development for microcontrollers and simulating the programmed microcontroller together with its application circuit.

    29 Ktechlab alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    ECStudio

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    ECStudio is a set of powerful tools used for building electronic circuits, SPICE simulation, and calculation of circuits. These tools are complemented by the information center containing resources, connector pinouts and short (20 pages) interactive book explaining basic...

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    • Android
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    iCircuit

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    iCircuit is the easy to use electronic circuit simulator and designer - the perfect tool for students, hobbyists, and engineers.

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    • Paid
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    • iPhone
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    Upverter

     13 likes

    We build the pickaxes of hardware engineering. Ideation tools, schematic capture, PCB layout, design hosting, parts library management, and affordable prototyping.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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