Circuit prototyping software recommendations

[Joe Fawcett]

Any advice on software to design and test circuits? I want to drag and drop
components, set properties, such as resistance for resistors, and then test
them.
I've Googled but there are too many out there
I'd prefer one with a free trial but am happy to pay for a full version.

Thanks

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Joe

 

[John Fields]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:45:22 -0000, "Joe Fawcett"
<joefawcett@hotmail.com> wrote:

Any advice on software to design and test circuits? I want to drag and drop
components, set properties, such as resistance for resistors, and then test
them.
I've Googled but there are too many out there
I'd prefer one with a free trial but am happy to pay for a full version.

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This will delight you beyond your wildest expectations:

http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/#Spice

JF

 

[JeffM]

Joe Fawcett wrote:

I'd prefer one with a free trial but am happy to pay for a full version.

This one isn't free, but with the generous demo terms
you may never actually need to purchase the "full" version:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.design/browse_frm/thread/ee74dd9ff25cd2b4/95c170c81a1c7a21?q=SuperSpice.demo+fully.functional+30+zz-zz+the.limit.is.rather.large+25+uu+750
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.cad/browse_frm/thread/9fb05fde6e133f32/eadf7e00866df976?q=SuperSpice+the.demo+30+zz-zz+subckts+25+qq+750

SPICE isn't segregated into its own section here,
but Terry Pinnell's list has long been considered to be
one of the more comprehensive ECAD lists:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:TqSgFbRdvUQJ:www.terrypin.dial.pipex..com/ECADList.html+*.design.size.limitations+Demo+GPL+*-*-existent+No+dial+free+Download.version+Student+dial+with.no.limit+Lite+Harry.Eaton+*-*-send-*-*-orders-*-*-*-*-*+Poor.web.site.no.details+dial+freeware+dial+trial

 

[Joe Fawcett]

Thanks John and Jeff, I'll give them a try.


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Joe
http://joe.fawcett.name

"JeffM" <jeffm_@email.com> wrote in message
news:e78d1741-0903-45dc-8ac9-9d53f6fda9c6@h20g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...

Joe Fawcett wrote:
Any advice on software to design and test circuits?[...]
I'd prefer one with a free trial but am happy to pay for a full version.

This one isn't free, but with the generous demo terms
you may never actually need to purchase the "full" version:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.design/browse_frm/thread/ee74dd9ff25cd2b4/95c170c81a1c7a21?q=SuperSpice.demo+fully.functional+30+zz-zz+the.limit.is.rather.large+25+uu+750
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.cad/browse_frm/thread/9fb05fde6e133f32/eadf7e00866df976?q=SuperSpice+the.demo+30+zz-zz+subckts+25+qq+750

SPICE isn't segregated into its own section here,
but Terry Pinnell's list has long been considered to be
one of the more comprehensive ECAD lists:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:TqSgFbRdvUQJ:www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/ECADList.html+*.design.size.limitations+Demo+GPL+*-*-existent+No+dial+free+Download.version+Student+dial+with.no.limit+Lite+Harry.Eaton+*-*-send-*-*-orders-*-*-*-*-*+Poor.web.site.no.details+dial+freeware+dial+trial

 

[Jasen Betts]

On 2009-01-15, Joe Fawcett <joefawcett@hotmail.com> wrote:

Any advice on software to design and test circuits? I want to drag and drop
components, set properties, such as resistance for resistors, and then test
them.

I find ltspice works well - (free from linear.com)

there's a bunch of others out there.