Simulink AlternativesOnly Free apps categorised as Electronic Design Automation Tools

The best free Electronic Design Automation alternative to Simulink is Circuit JS, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Simulink and three of them are free Electronic Design Automation Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Electronic Design Automation Tool alternatives to Simulink are SimulIDE and Ktechlab.

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Simulink® is a block diagram environment for multidomain simulation and Model-Based Design. It supports simulation, automatic code generation, and continuous test and verification of embedded systems.

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    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.

    48 Circuit JS alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Circuit JS Features

    1.  Circuit Simulation
    2.  Browser-based
    3.  Portable
    Discontinued

    The latest update is from November 2022.

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    jellyjoe

    This only simulates circuits, and while it definitely works for circuits the UI is awkward.

    Negative comment •Nov 17, 2024
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    Guest

    Not all applications can be modeled with circuits

    Negative comment •Apr 11, 2019
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    • This alternative is disputed. Circuit JS is a legitimate Simulink alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Circuit JS is the most popular Web-based alternative to Simulink.

    • Circuit JS is Free and Open SourceSimulink is Paid and Proprietary
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    SimulIDE

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    SimulIDE is a simple real time electronic circuit simulator. It's intended for general purpose electronics and microcontroller simulation, supporting PIC and AVR. PIC simulation is provided by gpsim and avr simulation by simavr.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    SimulIDE Features

    1.  Arduino
    2.  Colored Text
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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.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Portable
    6.  Dark Mode
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