EFY Plus DVD
What is Inside This Month’s DVD This month’s DVD includes an EDA package with a professional standard printed circuit board design and layout tool. If you are a programmer, we have also included handy HDL simulators and an Arduino IDE pankaj V.
Logisim Logisim is a very useful software tool that allows you to design simple as well as complex logic circuits. The architecture is highly modular, such that it allows you to add new modules without the need of recompiling the program. you can also add new modules even at runtime. Logisim can be used as an effective educational tool, as it calculates the logic flow through all gates recursively and redraws the screen at the end of all calculations, allowing for better understanding of any circuit simulation. Supported OS: Windows, Linux and MacOS Link: http://sourceforge.net/ projects/circuit/files/2.7.x/2.7.1/logisimwin-2.7.1.exe/download
Arduino IDE for windows Arduino IDE for windows provides support for a wide array of your favourite Arduino boards, including Arduino Uno, Nano, Mega, Esplora, Ethernet, Fio, Pro or Pro Mini as well as LilyPad Arduino. The software works in conjunction with an Arduino controller and can be used to write, compile and upload code to the board. It is a modern alternative to other IDEs offering features such as syntax highlighting, automatic indentation and brace matching. It provides a streamlined interface with all of its features hosted inside a few buttons and easy-to-navigate menus, especially for professional programmers. Supported OS: Windows Link: http:// www.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownload. php?p=104657&t=4&i=1
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June 2014 | Electronics For You
KiCAD
PVSim
KiCad is an open-source electronics design automation (EDA) package. It is a handy toolset for the design of electronic circuits schematics and their conversion to printed circuit boards (PCBs). With KiCad, you can create schematic diagrams and PCBs up to 16 layers. Apart from the included set of libraries, you can create your custom components as well. An integrated environment for all of the stages of the design process, namely, schematic capture, PCB layout, Gerber file generation/ visualisation and library editing along with 3D PCB viewing function makes this tool appropriate for any kind of project. Supported OS: Windows Link: http://iut-tice. ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/KiCad_stable2013.07.07-BZR4022_Win_full_version.exe
PVSim is a portable and intuitive emulation utility for Verilog HDL. It features a fast compile simulate display cycle providing a fast simulation runtime with a user-friendly interface which allows you to open and simulate PSIM files and view the results within its main window along with all the simulation parameters and the event log. Supported OS: Windows, Linux and MacOS Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pvsim/files/ PVSim/6.0.2/PVSim-6.0.2-win-setup. exe/download
ZamiaCAD ZamiaCAD is a handy tool that provides a modular and extensible platform for your advanced hardware design, analysis and research. With its core components including a language-independent instantiation graph (IG) data structure, language-dependent frontend and the applications working on the IG data structure, it converts a hardware description (VHDL or Verilog) into a language-independent IG structure. The language-dependent frontend is extensible. Supported OS: Windows, Linux and MacOS Link: http:// sourceforge.net/projects/zamiacad/files/ win32.win32.x86/zamiaCAD-0.11.3win32_64.zip/download
PCBColorizer PCBColorizer is a small and useful tool that can be used to colourise your PCBs. This open source application can perform automatic scheme colouring of circuit boards. It works on the basic principle of marking each identical component with a unique colour and style, thus simplifying the visual search component on the board as well as the installation process. Supported OS: Windows Link: http:// sourceforge.net/projects/pcbcolorizer/files/ PCBColorizer_1.07.zip/download
ZenitPCB ZenitPCB Layout is an excellent tool to create professional PCB. It is a flexible easy-to-use CAD program, which allows you to realise your projects in a short period of time. You can find an entire article on this software in this month’s EFY Plus magazine. Supported OS: Windows Link: http://www. zenitpcb.com/ZenitSuiteSetup180.zip The author is a technical journalist at EFY
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