Schematic editor

A schematic editor is a tool for schematic capture of electrical circuits or electronic circuits.

Schematic editors replaced manual drawing of schematic diagrams, but they still retain the capability of outputting schematics on specially formatted sheets. At the same time modern schematic editors capture schematic data in a way suited for automatic processing by further stages of the design cycle.

Besides basic drawing and visualization capabilities, modern schematic editors typically provide the following capabilities:

Availability

There are many schematic editors available, including commercial, freeware, shareware, and open source applications.[1]

Name URL License Environment Reads Writes CAM Limits
AutoTRAX DEX http://www.kov.com/ Commercial Windows AutoTRAX XML AutoTRAX XML Gerber, Excellon unlimited layers, no PCB size limit.
BSch3V http://www.suigyodo.com/online/e/ Freeware Windows
DesignSparkPCB http://www.designspark.com/ Freeware Windows
EAGLE http://www.cadsoft.de/ Professional, Standard, Hobbyist, Light Linux, Mac, Windows EAGLE, ACCEL (P-CAD, Altium, Protel), ULTIBOARD, Netlists, BMP EAGLE (XML), Netlists, Images, PDF, Custom (via ULPs) Gerber, Excellon, Sieb&Meyer, HPGL, PostScript, Custom 999 sheets, 255 layers, 16 layers for auto-router, 4 x 4 m (150 x 150 inches); freeware: 1 sheet; 2 layers, 100 x 80 mm (3.9 x 3.2 inches)
esCAD sch http://sch.escad.jp/ Freeware Windows XP/7/8.1 .EscSch, "package file" of Altera and Xilinx .EscSch, Netlists, Images, PDF max A0 sheet
FreePCB http://www.freepcb.com/ GNU Windows PADS-PCB Netlists PADS-PCB Netlists Gerber 16 layers, 60 x 60 inches
Fritzing http://fritzing.org/ GNU GPL v3 Linux, Mac, Windows SVG Gerber
gEDA http://www.gpleda.org/ GPL Linux Gerber
KiCad http://www.kicad-pcb.org GPL Linux, Windows
Osmond PCB http://www.osmondpcb.com/ Freeware Trial Mac Gerber Lue, DXF, PDF DXF, PostScript (trial limited to 700 pins)
PCBWeb http://www.pcbweb.com/ Freeware Windows No option for DXF Export
Pulsonix http://www.pulsonix.com Commercial, Lite Windows Altium, CADSTAR, Eagle, P-CAD, PADS, ORCAD, Gerber, SXF, BMP, WMF, EDIF and more Custom, DXF, IDF, Images, Netlists, STEP, SPICE 3D, Excellon, Gerber, LPKF, ODB++, STEP Unlimited Layers, Unlimited Pin Limit.
TARGET 3001! http://www.ibfriedrich.com/ Freeware, commercial, students, educational institutes Windows Eagle, Protel Eagle Gerber, Excellon, Sieb&Meyer, HPGL, DXF, STEP, PovRay Freeware: 250 Pins, 2 layers, schematic size and/or board size 1,2m x 1,2m, 100 schematic pages
TinyCAD http://tinycad.sourceforge.net Freeware Windows
ZenitPCB Layout http://www.zenitpcb.com/eng/PCB.html Freeware Windows Gerber DXF, IDF, EAGLE DXF, IDF 800 pins

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