Related Projects
This page lists related open-source projects.
Graphical Schematic Capture:
Xschem: Schematic capture and netlisting EDA tool
currently the most popular in open-source analog IC design
XCircuit: Schematic capture program written by Tim Edwards
Lepton EDA: GPL Electronic Design Automation
fork of gEDA project
focus on PCB design (?)
KiCad: Schematic Capture & PCB Design Software
focus on PCB design
Qucs: Quite universal circuit simulator
Qucs-S: Qucs with SPICE
Revolution EDA: symbol, schematic & layout editing, new project (2023)
Textual Schematic Capture:
HDL21: Analog Hardware Description Library in Python
SKiDL: Describe electronic circuits using Python (mainly for PCB design?)
PySpice: Python interface to Ngspice and Xyce
Analog Simulation:
Ngspice: Spice circuit simulator
most popular in open-source IC design
Xyce: SPICE-compatible, high-performance analog circuit simulator
faster than Ngspice, but harder to install.
Gnucap GNU Circuit Analysis Package
Qucsator: Circuit simulator of the Qucs project
OpenVAF: Next-Generation Verilog-A compiler
e.g. for use with Ngspice
see also its fork OpenVAF-Reloaded
IC Layout Entry:
KLayout: Layout Viewer and Editor
currently the most popular in open-source analog IC design
Magic: Famous layout tool by John Ousterhout, first release 1983.
Revolution EDA: symbol, schematic & layout editing, new project (2023)
Textual Layout Generation:
Parasitic Extraction:
Optimization:
PyOPUS: Simulation, Optimization, and Design for circuits and everything else