HackEDA builds Eagle schematics and PCBs from standard circuit blocks

HackEDA has an online automatic circuit design that builds Eagle schematics and boards from predefined blocks. This is one of the great hacks now possible because Cadsoft switched to an open XML text format for board files: At it’s core, it’s a system for collecting reusable-sized pieces of electronic designs, along with the knowledge necessary […]

TINA TI: Free SPICE-based analog simulation program

TI has a free SPICE-based analog simulation program: TINA is an easy-to-use, powerful circuit simulation tool based on a SPICE engine. TINA-TI is a fully functional version of TINA, loaded with a library of TI macromodels plus passive and active models. TINA-TI’s new version 9.0 has changes from Version 7.0 in the following areas: Schematic […]