List of useful software
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:00 am
Maybe this could be a faq? I've compiled a list of useful software, professional actively maintained software which is free (really free, not some cracked version) or within a hobby budget, easy to learn and preferably multiplatform. Exchanging ideas might be easier when using the same software for drawings, schematics and diagrams.
Any suggestions are welcome, I'm still looking for a Labview replacement , there are many lists of "best N" software on the net where N seems to be a multiple of 5, but most of the time it's just another list based on other lists. I think that any addition to this list should be based on actual hands-on experience, not on anything else.
Electronics simulation; LTSpice: http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/#LTspice (free, Windows and Linux+wine)
Electronics CAD; Eagle: http://www.cadsoftusa.com/ (Eagle light is 62,- euro, Windows and Linux)
Finite element solver; Elmer: http://www.csc.fi/english/pages/elmer/ (free, Windows and Linux)
2D drawing; DraftSight: http://www.3ds.com/products-services/dr ... /overview/ (free, Windows and Linux)
3D drawing; MEDUSA4: http://www.cad-schroer.com/products/med ... sonal.html (free with "not for commercial use" watermark, Windows and Linux)
Symbolic calculator; Maxima: http://maxima.sourceforge.net/ (free, Windows, Linux and OSX)
Linear algebra (MATLAB clone); GNU Octave + QtOctave: http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ (free, Windows, Linux and OSX)
Computer interface; Arduino, http://www.arduino.cc/ (hardware... but the software is free, Windows, Linux and OSX)
Report writing; Lyx: http://www.lyx.org/ (free, Windows, Linux and OSX)
Diagrams (including pneumatic and chemical engineering); Dia: http://dia-installer.de/ (Free, Windows, Linux and OSX)
Any suggestions are welcome, I'm still looking for a Labview replacement , there are many lists of "best N" software on the net where N seems to be a multiple of 5, but most of the time it's just another list based on other lists. I think that any addition to this list should be based on actual hands-on experience, not on anything else.
Electronics simulation; LTSpice: http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/#LTspice (free, Windows and Linux+wine)
Electronics CAD; Eagle: http://www.cadsoftusa.com/ (Eagle light is 62,- euro, Windows and Linux)
Finite element solver; Elmer: http://www.csc.fi/english/pages/elmer/ (free, Windows and Linux)
2D drawing; DraftSight: http://www.3ds.com/products-services/dr ... /overview/ (free, Windows and Linux)
3D drawing; MEDUSA4: http://www.cad-schroer.com/products/med ... sonal.html (free with "not for commercial use" watermark, Windows and Linux)
Symbolic calculator; Maxima: http://maxima.sourceforge.net/ (free, Windows, Linux and OSX)
Linear algebra (MATLAB clone); GNU Octave + QtOctave: http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ (free, Windows, Linux and OSX)
Computer interface; Arduino, http://www.arduino.cc/ (hardware... but the software is free, Windows, Linux and OSX)
Report writing; Lyx: http://www.lyx.org/ (free, Windows, Linux and OSX)
Diagrams (including pneumatic and chemical engineering); Dia: http://dia-installer.de/ (Free, Windows, Linux and OSX)