PADS PCB Design AlternativesCircuit Simulators and other similar apps like PADS PCB Design

PADS PCB Design is described as 'The industry-leading, high-productivity, PCB-centric design solution for independent engineers' and is a circuit simulator in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to PADS PCB Design for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best PADS PCB Design alternative is KiCad, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PADS PCB Design are Fritzing, LibrePCB, Proteus PCB design and EasyEDA.

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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. LibrePCB icon
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    LibrePCB is a free EDA software to develop printed circuit boards. It’s currently under heavy development to bring out first stable releases as soon as possible.

    52 LibrePCB alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  3. 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
     
  4. atopile icon
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    atopile is a language and toolchain to describe electronic circuit boards with code. By replacing the point and click schematic interface with code, we introduce software development workflows like reuse, validation and automation to the world of electronics.

    53 atopile alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • Python
     
  5. LochMaster icon
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    Developers tool for strip board projects. It has useful functions for designing, documenting and testing project boards. Therefore you will find functions like auto-generation of components lists, a connection test, a editable library with a large number of symbols and...

    50 LochMaster alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. CometCAD icon
     2 likes

    Circuit schematic and layout editor program for Windows 2k, XP, Vista and 7.

    41 CometCAD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. VBB4Arduino icon
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    Virtual Breadboard for Arduino is a learning 'app' version of VBB designed to help you take the first steps in the exciting world of physical computing with the Arduino microcontroller and ‘Breadboard’ based electronic circuit models.

    47 VBB4Arduino alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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