Ahn(2020), Circuit
Simulation and EDA Tools
(선정 작업)
ㅇ 연구용: TINA, Micro-Cap, LTspice, NI Multisim, Qucs, Altium Designer의 평가판 비교
- 평가기준: 사용편리성 (생산성), 출력 그래프 품질, 계산속도,
Library 부품 수
ㅇ 학생용: Free, personal 용으로 탐색하여 결정
1. Links
Wiki, List of free
electronics circuit simulators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_electronics_circuit_simulators
Wiki, Comparison of EDA
software
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_EDA_software#Free_software
Wiki, List of EDA
companies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_EDA_companies
Reviews:
https://electrotrick.wordpress.com/2017/12/23/top-4-eda-circuit-simulators/
https://www.edn.com/spice-simulation-tina-ti-ltspice-pspice-and-more/
https://www.circuitstoday.com/circuit-design-and-simulation-softwares
https://microcontrollerslab.com/circuit-simulation-software-free/
https://alternativeto.net/
; Crowdsourced software recommendation
https://juahnpop.tistory.com/118
2. Categories
Analog
Digital
Mixed-signal
EDA: schematic capture,
simulation, PCB layout, etc.
3. Major Tools, Alpabetical Listing
[Altium Designer: commercial, EDA
Intro, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altium_Designer
Altium Designer 19
(2018)
https://www.altium.com/altium-designer/
$3000
[GNU-CAP (circuit analysis package): free, analog
Intro, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Circuit_Analysis_Package
Repository
http://www.gnucap.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=gnucap:start
https://www.gnu.org/software/gnucap/gnucap.html
[Ngspice: free, open-source, mixed-signal
Repository, https://github.com/imr/ngspice
Intro, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngspice
List-based circuit
construction
[NI MultiSim: commercial, EDA
Originally by
Electronics Workbench (a Canadian company)
Intro, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NI_Multisim
NI Multisim 14.2 (2019)
Power Pro $4591, Full $
3100, Base $1733, Education $628
Graph quality not good
[Micro-Cap: free, mixed-signal, Spice-based
Simple, easy to use,
massibe library, virtual instruments, spice netlist, 3D view, PCB layout,
results instantly on the same window
Intro, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-Cap
Micro-Cap 12.0.2.3
(2019):
Web, https://web.archive.org/web/20200111223839/http://www.spectrum-soft.com/index.shtm
Web, http://www.spectrum-soft.com/index.shtm
Under development since
1982, liabrary of 23,000 parts, multipage schematic editor. One
nice touch is that you can view a simulation and interactively change component
values and watch the results update right away.
Output graph
quality verty good
Lots of Youtube
tutorials
[LTSpice: free, analog, Spice-based
LTSpice v17.0.0.10
(2020):
Intro, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTspice
LTWiki, http://ltwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
Web, https://www.analog.com/en/design-center/design-tools-and-calculators/ltspice-simulator.html
Output graph quality
not good
[OrCAD: commercial, EDA
OrCAD v17.4: $2300
Intro, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OrCAD
Web, https://www.orcad.com/resources/orcad-downloads
Output graph quality
bad
[PartSim
AC, DC, transient,
parametric
Web-based, 다양한 예제, Digi-Key part number로 BOM 생성 가능
[EveryCircuit
Web-based, UI 가장 쉬움. 다양한 예제, $15
[PLECS: commercial, system-level simulation of electrical circuits,
power electronics
Intro, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLECS
Web, https://www.plexim.com/products/plecs
[Qucs: free, open source, mixed-signal, DC to RF
Intro, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quite_Universal_Circuit_Simulator
Repository
http://qucs.sourceforge.net/download.html
; 프로그램 다운로드
http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/
; lots of qucs docoments, Mike Brinson
Graph quality good
해석속도 빠름, Verilog를 이용한 디지털 해석, RF 해석, ibis 모델 기반 signal integrity
[Qucs-S: free, open source, mixed-signal, Spice-based
Intro, https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/Qucs
Repository
https://qucs-s-help.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#
https://github.com/ra3xdh/qucs_s
[Qucs Studio
http://dd6um.darc.de/QucsStudio/
[SapWin: free, symbolic circuit simulator written in C++
Intro, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SapWin
SapWin 4.0 beta (2015)
SapecNG
Web, http://www.prodid.it/Sapwin4/
[TINA: commercial, mixed-signal, Spice-based
Intro, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TINA_(program)#Versions
TINA v12 (2018): commerical, mixed-signal, $1200
Output graph quality acceptible
TINAcloud: online TINA,
free online
https://www.tina.com/tinacloud/
TINA-TI: freeware,
special version of TINA licensed to Texas Instruments
https://www.ti.com/tool/TINA-TI
Output graph quality 보통, 다양한 해석, 가상오실로스코프, 함수발생기, Spice
모델, 블록 다이어그램 마법사
Infineon Designer: free
online, special version of TINAcloud licensed to Infineon Technologies
https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/tools/landing/ifxdesigner.html
Not much contents on Youtube
TINA Pro v12, TINA
Design Suite: commercial, powerful circuit
simulation package for analyzing, designing, and real time testing of analog,
digital, VHDL, MCU, SMPS, RF, communication, optoelectronic and mixed
electronic circuits and their PCB layouts, can import
standard spice models), better than (LTSpice has more components, but GUI is
not better)
TinaCloud: Best online
circuit simulator, not free
[Xpedition Enterprise: commercial, EDA, multi-board
System-level,
connectivity, team design, schematic design, model library management, EMC
compliance and signal integrity (EM analysis with BEM), power integrity, PCB layout,
advanced PCB routing, concurrent engineering, 3D PCB layout, ECAD-MCAD
co-design, design rule checking, thermal analysis, vibration analysis, design
for manufacturing and assembly, EDM data management
Web, https://www.mentor.com/pcb/xpedition/
$70,000
Orginally Mentor
Graphcis, now a bSiemens company
Enterprise-grade EDA
software companies: Top 6
Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Silvaco,
Atium
PADS Professional: PCB
Design
5. Minor Tools Listing
5Spice: free, business
closed, Youtube tutorial, easy to use, simple, output graph good
AIM-Spice v5.6: $190,
text-based circuit input
AllTech Communications:
Autodesk Circuits:
free, web-based, MCU + electronics, PCB layout
Audodesk EAGLE: EDA
AutoTRAX DEX:
commercial, pcb design, schematic capture, automatic 3D model generation
B2.Spice A/D:
commercial
BOOR: free, open-source
digital logic simulation
CircuitMaker
Circuit Diagram
CircuitLab: free,
personal, web-based, circuit simulation
CircuitLogix:
spice-based, $295
CircuitPlusPlus: free,
simulation
Circuits js1 (Circuit
Simulator): free, web-based, current animation
Circuit Simulator
Circuit Solver Web:
circuit simulation, android circuit simulation
Circuit Tree: free
personal, basic free, others not free, schematic capture, PCB layout
Circuit Wizard:
spice-baded simulator
DesignSpark PCB: free,
schematic, PCB layout
DipTrace
DoCircits
EasyEDA: free,
web-based, schematic capture, Ngspice-based, PCB layout, PCB manufacturing
ECStudio
eSim: free
EveryCircuit
gEDA Project: free,
schematic capture, simulation, prototyping, ngSpice, gnuCAP
GnuCap
iCircuit: commercial
KiCad
Ktechlab: free, IDE,
MCU and electronics, circuit simulation, program development, simulation of
MCU+circuits
LibrePCB: EDA under
development
Livwire: circuit
simulation
LogicCircuit: free,
educational, digital logic simulation
Lushprojects: free,
web-based, current animation
MacSpice
McCAD 3SPICE
Ngspice: free, open
source
NL5: commercial,
mixed-signal, simulator, ideal and piecewise-linear components
OmniGlyph: commercial
Oregano
ParSim: Free, online
PCB Artist: free
personal
PCBWeb
PCB Wizard: commercial
PECS
Proteus: Basic and
advanced versions
Proteus: commercial,
PCB design, circuit simulation, visual designer
PSIM: power electronics
QUCS: free, circuit
simulation including RF, output graphic quality good
Qucs-S: free, spice
QucsStudio
Qucsis
QuickCopper: free,
Android
Schematics: free personal, web-based,
personal circuit saving directory, many chip manufacturers' reference designs,
advanced users
Simetrix: spice-based
simulator
SimScale
SimulIDE: free,
electronics + MCU
Solve Elec
SpiceOpus v2.25: free,
based on SPCE 3f4, XSPICE
http://fides.fe.uni-lj.si/spice/license.html
Sprint-Layout
TinyCAD: free
TopSpice 8.30c: Hspice
+ Spice, $800, 30k components
Upverter: schematic
capture, PCB layout
VBB4Arduino:
discontinued
VUTRAX
XSPICE: Georgia Tech.
developed
Xyce: free open source, mixed-signal, Sandia
National Lab
Extremely large circuit, large-scale
parallel computing platforms