Schematic editor & circuit simulator for windows

[Ant]

Today, randomly browsing new apps Google Play store, I came across a tool that I'm quite excited about. It will definitely help me and may help other PFM'ers.....

CircuitLab is a Schematic editor & circuit simulator for windows. It seems quite in depth and clever (to me anyhow). It's free, although limitations on its use being saves etc. For $40 (about 25 quid) you can get a years subscription of the full version.

One of the key positives is you can share the built circuit URL, and let others test/play with it.

Here's a video:

here's the site


It's all new to me, so any opinions on the program? - is it good, lacking anything or better out there for less?

Thanks


Ps, the usual - I am not affiliated with the app/program/owner/site etc etc in any form - just sharing something that I think is excellent.

 

[fasterbyelan]

LT Spice - it's free.

 

[Bemused]

LT Spice is the one everyone uses even some professionals.

 

[grazie]

Anything for OS X?

 

[Bemused]

I run LT Spice on Windows and Linux
Maybe it does OS X?
There are literally dozens of Spice simulators around.
Search word is "spice simulator"

 

[martin clark]

LT spice doesn't run on os.x but of course using bootcamp or a virtual machine approach (Parallels, VMware) will let you run windows or other OSs natively on the mac's Intel hardware.

I use Parallels and so Simmetrix and a few other useful bits and bobs (DuncanAmps PSUD for example) are readily to hand. I tried running them directly on OS.X using WINE but that's mostly explodey, and it's monumentally tedious to play with.

 

[PigletsDad]

On Linux I use gschem (from the gEda project) and ngspice. If I don't actually need a schematic, I just use ngspice and edit the netlist directly.

On Windows I use LTSpice.

 

[imarks]

According to the Linear Technology web site LTSpice can run on OS X 10.7+, never tried it, just noticed the download link when I downloaded the Windows version.

LTSpice Download

 

[david ellwood]

beige bag b2spice for me. I found with LTspice I was always stuck editing models for unsupported parts, maybe the library situation has improved?

 

[grazie]

Yep, LT Spice installed just fine on 10.7 . Now I just have to figure out how to use it.

 

[Werner]

I use http://www.simetrix.co.uk/site/demo.html.