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- [EDAs](#edas)
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- [EDA-specific Resources](#eda-specific-resources)
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- [Learning](#learning)
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- [Documentation](#documentation)
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- [Gerber Viewers](#gerber-viewers)
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- [PCB Batching Services](#pcb-batching-services)
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- [Part Search Engines](#part-search-engines)
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- [Project Sharing Platforms](#project-sharing-platforms)
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- [Inventory Management and Purchasing](#inventory-management-and-purchasing)
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- [Miscellaneous Software Projects](#miscellaneous-software-projects)
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- [Development Board Retailers](#development-board-retailers)
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- [Subscription Kit Services](#subscription-kit-services)
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- [Other Lists](#other-lists)
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- [Awesome Electronics ](#awesome-electronics-)
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- [Contents](#contents)
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- [EDAs](#edas)
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- [EDA-specific Resources](#eda-specific-resources)
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- [KiCad](#kicad)
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- [Eagle](#eagle)
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- [Altium](#altium)
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- [Learning](#learning)
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- [Technical Tutorials](#technical-tutorials)
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- [Courses](#courses)
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- [Theory](#theory)
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- [Blogs](#blogs)
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- [Podcasts](#podcasts)
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- [Forums](#forums)
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- [Discussion](#discussion)
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- [Help](#help)
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- [University Course Archives](#university-course-archives)
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- [Youtube channels](#youtube-channels)
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- [Documentation](#documentation)
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- [Gerber Viewers](#gerber-viewers)
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- [Online](#online)
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- [Installable](#installable)
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- [PCB Batching Services](#pcb-batching-services)
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- [Part Search Engines](#part-search-engines)
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- [Project Sharing Platforms](#project-sharing-platforms)
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- [Inventory Management and Purchasing](#inventory-management-and-purchasing)
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- [Miscellaneous Software Projects](#miscellaneous-software-projects)
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- [Development Board Retailers](#development-board-retailers)
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- [Subscription Kit Services](#subscription-kit-services)
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- [Other Lists](#other-lists)
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| Name/[Tier](https://github.com/tapyu/to-delete-awesome-electronics/blob/master/contributing.md#tier-description) | Cost | OS | Desciption | [Simu-lation](https://github.com/tapyu/to-delete-awesome-electronics/blob/master/contributing.md#simulation) | [HDL & Syn-thesis](https://github.com/tapyu/to-delete-awesome-electronics/blob/master/contributing.md#hdl--synthesis) | [Verifi-cation](https://github.com/tapyu/to-delete-awesome-electronics/blob/master/contributing.md#verification) | [PCB design](https://github.com/tapyu/to-delete-awesome-electronics/blob/master/contributing.md#pcb-design) |
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| [Altium](https://www.altium.com/) $\color{red}S$ | Paid | Win | A fully-featured editor for schematics that includes a rich set of schematic capture tools to quickly create, edit, simulate, and document schematics. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [LTspice](https://www.analog.com/en/design-center/design-tools-and-calculators/ltspice-simulator.html) $\color{red}S$ | Free | Win, Mac | The industry standard free SPICE circuit simulator from Linear Technologies. Also see the unofficial [LTwiki](http://ltwiki.org/?title=Main_Page) and [Group](https://groups.io/g/LTspice). | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [Proteus](https://www.labcenter.com/) $\color{red}S$ | Paid | Win | PCB Design and Circuit Simulator Software. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [KiCad](https://kicad.org/) $\color{orange}A$ | Free | Win, Linux | One of the most popular Open source EDA package with push and shove router, differential pairs and much more. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [Eagle](https://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/overview) $\color{orange}A$ | Free-mium | Win, Linux, Mac | A popular EDA packages with (board size restricted) free version. | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [EasyEDA](https://easyeda.com/) $\color{orange}A$ | Free | Web | Easy to use with both browser based and cross platform app versions. Integrates [LCSC](https://www.lcsc.com/products) and [JLCPCB](https://jlcpcb.com/parts) component catalogs with 3D models. | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [Circuit JS/Falstad](http://www.falstad.com/circuit/circuitjs.html) ${\color{yellow}B}$ | Free | Web | Free, [open source](https://github.com/sharpie7/circuitjs1) online simulator with electron flow visualization (rewrite of original Java applet by Paul Falstad). | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
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| [EveryCircuit](https://everycircuit.com) ${\color{yellow}B}$ | Free-mium | Web | Free to try online, visual, interactive circuit simulator for simpler circuits. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
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| [Altium CircuitMaker](https://circuitmaker.com/) ${\color{yellow}B}$ | Free | Win | Free package from the maker of the go to pro software. | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [LibrePCB](https://librepcb.org/) ${\color{yellow}B}$ | Free | Win, Linux, Mac | A new, powerful and intuitive EDA tool for everyone, cross-platform and GNU GPLv3. | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [Qucs-S](https://ra3xdh.github.io/) ${\color{green}C}$ | Free | Win, Mac, Linux | Open source fork of Qucs using SPICE for simulation. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [QucsStudio](http://qucsstudio.de/) ${\color{green}C}$ | Free | Win | Closed-source fork of Qucs with a similar interface, new engine, and more features. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [ngspice](http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/) ${\color{green}C}$ | Free | Win | Open source SPICE circuit simulator. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [Gecko-CIRCUITS](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeckoCircuits) ${\color{green}C}$ | Free | Win | Open Source Power Electronic Circuit Simulator. [GitHub Project](https://github.com/geckocircuits/GeckoCIRCUITS). Direct [download link](http://gecko-simulations.com/GeckoCIRCUITS/GeckoCIRCUITS.zip) due to broken website. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [Altium](https://www.altium.com/) | Paid | Win | A fully-featured editor for schematics that includes a rich set of schematic capture tools to quickly create, edit, simulate, and document schematics. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [LTspice](https://www.analog.com/en/design-center/design-tools-and-calculators/ltspice-simulator.html) | Free | Win, Mac | The industry standard free SPICE circuit simulator from Linear Technologies. Also see the unofficial [LTwiki](http://ltwiki.org/?title=Main_Page) and [Group](https://groups.io/g/LTspice). | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [Proteus](https://www.labcenter.com/) | Paid | Win | PCB Design and Circuit Simulator Software. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [KiCad](https://kicad.org/) | Free | Win, Linux | One of the most popular Open source EDA package with push and shove router, differential pairs and much more. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [Eagle](https://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/overview) | Free-mium | Win, Linux, Mac | A popular EDA packages with (board size restricted) free version. | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [EasyEDA](https://easyeda.com/) | Free | Web | Easy to use with both browser based and cross platform app versions. Integrates [LCSC](https://www.lcsc.com/products) and [JLCPCB](https://jlcpcb.com/parts) component catalogs with 3D models. | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [Circuit JS/Falstad](http://www.falstad.com/circuit/circuitjs.html) | Free | Web | Free, [open source](https://github.com/sharpie7/circuitjs1) online simulator with electron flow visualization (rewrite of original Java applet by Paul Falstad). | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
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| [EveryCircuit](https://everycircuit.com) | Free-mium | Web | Free to try online, visual, interactive circuit simulator for simpler circuits. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
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| [Altium CircuitMaker](https://circuitmaker.com/) | Free | Win | Free package from the maker of the go to pro software. | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [LibrePCB](https://librepcb.org/) | Free | Win, Linux, Mac | A new, powerful and intuitive EDA tool for everyone, cross-platform and GNU GPLv3. | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [Qucs-S](https://ra3xdh.github.io/) | Free | Win, Mac, Linux | Open source fork of Qucs using SPICE for simulation. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [QucsStudio](http://qucsstudio.de/) | Free | Win | Closed-source fork of Qucs with a similar interface, new engine, and more features. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [ngspice](http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/) | Free | Win | Open source SPICE circuit simulator. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [Gecko-CIRCUITS](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeckoCircuits) | Free | Win | Open Source Power Electronic Circuit Simulator. [GitHub Project](https://github.com/geckocircuits/GeckoCIRCUITS). Direct [download link](http://gecko-simulations.com/GeckoCIRCUITS/GeckoCIRCUITS.zip) due to broken website. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [Horizon EDA](https://github.com/horizon-eda/horizon) ${\color{light blue}D}$ | Free | Linux | A free and open source EDA tool with the focus on shortcut operation. | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [Qucs](http://qucs.sourceforge.net/) ${\color{light blue}D}$ | Free | Win, Mac, Linux | Open source, cross-platform, non-SPICE-based circuit simulator, with with S-parameter and Harmonic Balance capability. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [gEDA](http://geda-project.org) ${\color{purple}E}$ | Free | Linux, Mac | Another open source package, good for people that like scripting and makefiles, Linux and BSD only. | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [Micro-Cap](http://www.spectrum-soft.com/download/download.shtm) ${\color{purple}E}$ | Free | Win | Professional-grade mixed signal simulator with wide variety of interactive simulation types. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
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| [Verilator](https://www.veripool.org/wiki/verilator) ??? | Free | Win, Linux | Open source Verilog compiler. Test benches are in C++ or SystemC. Very fast, but limted to 2-state, cycle-based simulation, and synthesizeable code only. | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [Icarus Verilog](http://iverilog.icarus.com/) ??? | Free | Win, Linux | Open source verilog interpreter. Test benches are in behavioral verilog. Simulation is 4-state, and event-based. | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [Open Circuit Design Software](http://opencircuitdesign.com) ??? | Free | Linux | Open Source, full EDA suite chip design suite, focused on keeping up with commercial tools. | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [CppSim](https://www.cppsim.com/) ??? | Free | Win, Mac, Linux | Free, open source circuit simulator that leverages the C++ language to achieve very fast simulation times. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [TINA-TI](http://www.ti.com/tool/TINA-TI) ??? | Free | Win | Exclusive [DesignSoft-TINA](https://www.tina.com) build for Texas Instruments, bundled with Texas Instruments Models. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
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| [iCircuit](http://icircuitapp.com/) ??? | Free | Web | Easy to use electronic circuit simulator, its advanced simulation engine can handle both analog and digital circuits and features realtime always-on analysis. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
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| [DesignSpark PCB](https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/pcb-software) ??? | Free | Win | Free EDA package without restrictions, sponserd by RS Components. | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [DipTrace](https://diptrace.com) ??? | Free | Win, Mac | Quality Schematic Capture and PCB Design software with (pin and signal layer restricted) free version. | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [gEDA](http://geda-project.org) | Free | Linux, Mac | Another open source package, good for people that like scripting and makefiles, Linux and BSD only. | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [Micro-Cap](http://www.spectrum-soft.com/download/download.shtm) | Free | Win | Professional-grade mixed signal simulator with wide variety of interactive simulation types. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
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| [Verilator](https://www.veripool.org/wiki/verilator) | Free | Win, Linux | Open source Verilog compiler. Test benches are in C++ or SystemC. Very fast, but limted to 2-state, cycle-based simulation, and synthesizeable code only. | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [Icarus Verilog](http://iverilog.icarus.com/) | Free | Win, Linux | Open source verilog interpreter. Test benches are in behavioral verilog. Simulation is 4-state, and event-based. | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
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| [Open Circuit Design Software](http://opencircuitdesign.com) | Free | Linux | Open Source, full EDA suite chip design suite, focused on keeping up with commercial tools. | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [CppSim](https://www.cppsim.com/) | Free | Win, Mac, Linux | Free, open source circuit simulator that leverages the C++ language to achieve very fast simulation times. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [TINA-TI](http://www.ti.com/tool/TINA-TI) | Free | Win | Exclusive [DesignSoft-TINA](https://www.tina.com) build for Texas Instruments, bundled with Texas Instruments Models. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
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| [iCircuit](http://icircuitapp.com/) | Free | Web | Easy to use electronic circuit simulator, its advanced simulation engine can handle both analog and digital circuits and features realtime always-on analysis. | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
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| [DesignSpark PCB](https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/pcb-software) | Free | Win | Free EDA package without restrictions, sponserd by RS Components. | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| [DipTrace](https://diptrace.com) | Free | Win, Mac | Quality Schematic Capture and PCB Design software with (pin and signal layer restricted) free version. | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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- [Adding to this list](#adding-to-this-list)
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- [Adding something to an awesome list](#adding-something-to-an-awesome-list)
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- [Updating your Pull Request](#updating-your-pull-request)
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- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
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- [Adding to this list](#adding-to-this-list)
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- [Adding something to an awesome list](#adding-something-to-an-awesome-list)
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- [Updating your Pull Request](#updating-your-pull-request)
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- [EDAs category description](#edas-category-description)
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- [Simulation](#simulation)
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- [HDL \& Synthesis](#hdl--synthesis)
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- [Verification](#verification)
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- Routing: involves creating the copper traces that connect the pins of different components on the PCB. EDAs for PCB design can verifi aspects such as signal integrity, impedance matching, minimizing electromagnetic interference (EMI), and avoiding signal crosstalk.
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- Design Rule Check (DRC): EDA tools perform design rule checks to ensure that the layout adheres to the manufacturer's specifications and constraints.7
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- Gerber Files: After the PCB layout is complete and verified, Gerber files are generated. These files contain the information needed for PCB fabrication, including copper layers, silkscreen, and solder mask.
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- 3D Visualization: Some advanced EDA tools offer 3D visualization features, allowing designers to view the PCB layout in a three-dimensional space.
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## Tier description
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### ${\color{red}S}$
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Full-featured and professional-level EDAs, widely adopted in the industry for highly complex electronic projects. Highly active software development, whether proprietary or open source, and with a quite large community.
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### ${\color{orange}A}$
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Very popular, with a large community, and with a very active and accelerated software development. It contains advanced features but not so widely adopted in the industry as it lacks cutting-edge features. Even though, it can be adopted to complex electronic systems, usually as a free or OS-compatible alternative to the ${\color{red}S}$ tier.
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### ${\color{yellow}B}$
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A EDA with a small community yet and not so popular, but with a promising and very active software development. Software in this tier tends to grow into tier ${\color{orange}A}$ as they get matured. They can have some nice features for more complex electronic projects, but they are usually more limited when compared to tier ${\color{orange}A}$ or ${\color{red}S}$.
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### ${\color{green}C}$
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Single-featured EDAs with a small community. It lacks more complex functionalities, and the software development is not very active. Additionally, it is usually used in a niche. EDAs in this tier are not expected to grow much further than they already are. Even though, the software can fully fullfil its taks and can be used for small- and medium-sized projects.
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### ${\color{light blue}D}$
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Old and single-featured EDAs with a rarely active software development. EDAs in this tier tend to become obsolete throughout the time.
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### ${\color{purple}E}$
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- 3D Visualization: Some advanced EDA tools offer 3D visualization features, allowing designers to view the PCB layout in a three-dimensional space.
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