Have you ever tried to build your own PC? If so, you might have tried to design your own circuit boards and realised how tricky it really is. PCB Artist is a user friendly, fully integrated, schematics capture & PCB layout tool that's easy to use for those that don't have much electronic know-how. The program has been especially developed so as to require no formal training or in-depth experience with PCB layout tools.

Your first job is to design the circuit. PCB Artist includes an integrated Schematics Capture tool that's easy to use and there's a useful tutorial to take you through the process. The next step is to define the PCB which involves creating the schematics. Again, another wizard helps you define the parameters of the PCB such as the layers, track sizes, and quantities. Following that, you'll need to define the layout of the PCB which includes Autoplacement and AutoRouting to make sure your PCB has the best chance of working properly. It can even generate a parts list that you'll need based on your design.

The final step is to check that your PCB actually works. The program automatically checks your final design including spacing rules, incomplete nets and connection checks. The developers then encourage you to submit your design to them for manufacture although this is entirely up to you.
This is an excellent PCB design program for beginners although those seeking to design advanced circuit boards may find it limited.

Download PCB Artist 1.0.16 in Softonic

if you've ever thought about building your own PC from scratch then one thing you'll have to get familiar with is circuitry design?

DipTrace is a professional tool that's not exactly easy for those that have not got much electronic know how but it does produce stunning results. DipTrace allows you to import projects and libraries such as LT Spice, CAD, Accel, Allegro, Mentor, Protel among many others so professionals will find this a really useful complementary tool to their existing toolbox. Creating projects is simple - it just requires dragging and dropping of all the components you need into the work area and then you subsequently make connections between pins to create your own circuit. If you're not sure whether your circuit will work, there is a useful validator which checks whether what you've built will actually work in the real world. If you have gone wrong, DipTrace can suggest how it can be fixed or even automatically shift components into the right position which is where this program excels where others fail.

A professional PCB design program that is not for the faint hearted but will be a delight for professional designers and electronic engineers.

Download DipTrace 1.50 in Softonic

E.F.U.S. is a collection of twenty calculators and utilities designed for the electrical professional. Using an easy to navigate tabbed dialog interface E.F.U.S. provides a host of powerful and useful features, including:

• A full suite of ohms law calculators for DC & single and multi phase AC
• Conduit fill calculator
• Box fill calculator
• Grounding conductor calculator
• Motor heater and motor conductor sizing
• Multiple conductor ampacity calculator
• Transformer amperage calculator
• Motor amperage and horsepower calculator
• Formatted printing for selected functions
• Print screen function
• Based on 1996 NEC data

Download Electrical Function Utility Suite (E.F.U.S.) 3.6 in Softonic

PCB Elegance includes all you need to design and produce PCBs:

• Unlimited Undo/Redo
• Zooming/panning/change grid is possible in every drawing/editing function
• Context sensitive help
• PCB elegance can handle complex designs
• One of the examples is a PC motherboard
• 2000+ components, 40000+ traces are no problem
• For placing components in the layout editor, the schematic editor can be used by selecting components
• Gate/pin swap
• Usage of polygon/arc pads in geometries
• Generation of gerber output plots (RS274X gerber)
• Generation of penplot files
• Import of gerber files
• Import/export DXF
• Export PDF
• Import/export bitmaps
• Editing areafills/powerplanes/copper pour
• Upto 32 layers for traces/areafills/powerplanes
• Adjustment of thickness/clearance of every trace/via/pin
• Resolution is 10nm
• Auto generation of standard geometry types
• In the schematics/symbols pinbusses can be used
• Flexible use of busses
• Colors and keys can be modified

Download PCB Elegance 3.0 in Softonic

Electrical Calculations software provides calculations for busbar and cable ratings, static and bulk power factor correction, motor starting currents and curves, enclosure ventilation, transformer calculations and many metric/imperial conversions and constants. This software is written specifically for electrical engineers and tradesmen.

This Software package includes a number of useful calculations:

• Aluminium and Copper Busbar ratings
• Copper Cable Ratings
• Metric / Imperial Conversions
• Motor Starting Curves
• Power Factor Correction
• Enclosure Cooling
• Fault Current

Download Electrical Calculations 2.60.1.11 in Softonic

If you're a statistical analyst then you'll be familiar with the design of Neural Networks which help find connections between several variables.

Pythia is a program designed for the development and design of Neural Networks which are used to detect hidden relations in a set of patterns such as stock market data or weather data. Pythia allows you to import data from different file formats or from spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel.

Pythia is ideal for statistical analysts working on variable models of learning and information and can be used for statistical calculation, pattern recognition or even filters and electronic simulations of artificial intelligence. What distinguishes this application from the rest is the fact that it uses a graphical interface to clearly display linkages and patterns.

If you're looking for a way to find connections in statistical calculations, then Pythia is one of the only GUI solutions out there.

Download Pythia 1.02 in Softonic

With DesignWorks Lite you can: draw, save, edit and print complete, professional circuit diagrams using powerful features like bussing, multi-level Undo/Redo, and automatic gate packaging. Use the library of common 74XX and discrete symbols provided or create your own libraries using the built-in symbol editor. Send compact circuit diagram files to friends or colleagues over the net.

Download DesignWorks Lite 4.2 in Softonic