Pspice AlternativesTop Circuit Simulators & Electronic Design Automation Tools like Pspice

Pspice is described as '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' and is a circuit simulator in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Pspice for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Flatpak apps. The best Pspice alternative is Circuit JS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pspice are LTspice, QUCS, Proteus PCB design and EasyEDA.

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  1. Circuit JS icon

    Circuit JS

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    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    I am an open source lover.

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    • Most users think Circuit JS is a great Pspice alternative.

    • Circuit JS is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Pspice.

    • Circuit JS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pspice.

    • Circuit JS is Free and Open SourcePspice is Freemium and Proprietary
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    LTspice

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    LTspice IV is a high performance Spice III simulator, schematic capture and waveform viewer with enhancements and models for easing the simulation of switching regulators.

    35 LTspice alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    this is better interface in lesser memory space

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    • Most users think LTspice is a great Pspice alternative.

    • LTspice is Free and ProprietaryPspice is Freemium and Proprietary
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    QUCS

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Proteus PCB design

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    Proteus PCB design combines the schematic capture and ARES PCB layout programs to provide a powerful, integrated and easy to use suite of tools for professional PCB Design.

    50 Proteus PCB design alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Proteus PCB design is the most popular commercial alternative to Pspice.

    • Proteus PCB design is Paid and ProprietaryPspice is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Ktechlab

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    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.

    28 Ktechlab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    Altium Designer

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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

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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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.

    38 Ngspice alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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