free circuits simulator

[cengineer123]

Hi everybody

I recently used a good circuits simulator which is circuits cloud

http://circuits-cloud.com/

it is online, free, easy and it is for both ( analog and digital) circuits .
I think it is the most appropriate site for the beginners.

[ZeTeX]

LTspice for the win!

[Zero999]

LTspice for the win!

Very good but it may have a steep learning curve, for those who aren't familiar with SPICE.

[Monkeh]

Hi everybody

I recently used a good circuits simulator which is circuits cloud

http://circuits-cloud.com/

it is online, free, easy and it is for both ( analog and digital) circuits .
I think it is the most appropriate site for the beginners.

It's perfectly fine to advertise your site, so at least be honest about it.

[Edsoncan]

i use http://br.mouser.com/multisimblue/

[pyroesp]

i use http://br.mouser.com/multisimblue/

What's the catch with this EDA tool?

[zapta]

LTspice for the win!

Very good but it may have a steep learning curve, for those who aren't familiar with SPICE.

... and the Mac OSX version is barely useable.

I am using http://www.partsim.com/ ,  free and cloud based so I can access my projects from any computer.

This circuit-cloud requires login even if just to try so I will pass.

[StillTrying]

i use http://br.mouser.com/multisimblue/

What's the catch with this EDA tool?

Good question.

"You will be taken from Mouser.com to the NI website. Here, you will complete this registration form with National Instruments and begin the download. MultiSIM BLUE is approximately 770MB in size. After downloard, run the executeable and begin the installation process."
http://br.mouser.com/multisimblue/support/support/getting-started

This circuit-cloud requires login even if just to try so I will pass.

LOL. same here.

[timb]

LTspice for the win!

Very good but it may have a steep learning curve, for those who aren't familiar with SPICE.

... and the Mac OSX version is barely useable.

I am using http://www.partsim.com/ ,  free and cloud based so I can access my projects from any computer.

This circuit-cloud requires login even if just to try so I will pass.

If by "barely useable" you mean it's developed on macOS and fully usable, then sure.

The big difference is on the macOS version there aren't any pretty menu bars. Instead you get a right click menu and hotkeys. Learn the hotkeys and you will fly through designs.

(Personally, I don't like the fact that a lot of the commands are bound to function keys, so I use BetterTouchTool to remap them to standard keys with alt and shift modifiers. Works great!)

[zapta]

LTspice for the win!

Very good but it may have a steep learning curve, for those who aren't familiar with SPICE.

... and the Mac OSX version is barely useable.

I am using http://www.partsim.com/ ,  free and cloud based so I can access my projects from any computer.

This circuit-cloud requires login even if just to try so I will pass.

If by "barely useable" you mean it's developed on macOS and fully usable, then sure.

The big difference is on the macOS version there aren't any pretty menu bars. Instead you get a right click menu and hotkeys. Learn the hotkeys and you will fly through designs.

(Personally, I don't like the fact that a lot of the commands are bound to function keys, so I use BetterTouchTool to remap them to standard keys with alt and shift modifiers. Works great!)

'no pretty menu bars'?  Last time I tried to use it with mac osx I didn't find even ugly menu bars.

What I found was this shortcuts cheatsheet to memorize. Compare with the usability of the Windows version.

http://cds.linear.com/docs/en/software-and-simulation/LTspiceShortcutsForMacOSX.pdf

Do you say that they develop on mac osx?  They don't even mention mac osx for the newer version LTspice XVII.

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

Without a decent mac osx support they are not going to get any free business from me.

[mathsquid]

Without a decent mac osx support they are not going to get any free business from me.

I don't understand what's so bad about it.  I've used LTSpice on my mac and had no problem with it.

[timb]

Without a decent mac osx support they are not going to get any free business from me.

I don't understand what's so bad about it.  I've used LTSpice on my mac and had no problem with it.

Same here. It's certainly not "pretty" but it's highly functional and stable, which is what matters in my book. In fact, the uncluttered UI actually becomes nice!

[alsetalokin4017]

LTspice IV.