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Sidra - PCB Design Assistant

Chat with Sidra, our PCB design project assistant.



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Online Gerber Viewer

Inspect and verify your Gerber files in our online viewer.



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PCB Material Search

Find the perfect PCB laminate material, powered by PCB Directory.



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PDN Impedance Calculator

Simulate your PDN impedance and compare with a target value.



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COMING SOON: PyBERT SI Analyzer

Simulate bit error rates using PyBERT on the web.



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COMING SOON: Transmission Line Impedance Calculator

Simulate transmission line impedance and losses with roughness.






Our Favorite Free Design Tools

Get a head start on your next design before engaging with a PCB design services firm or buying expensive licenses. We recommend this list of design tools to customers who want to do some front-end work on their project before starting a new engineering project.


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CircuitMaker

A free lite version of Altium's flagship PCB design software.

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LTSpice

Analog Devices' incredibly popular circuit design and simulation package.

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QucsStudio

An advanced electronics simulator based on QUCS.

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Power Stage Designer

A power systems design application from Texas Instruments.

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WEBENCH Power Designer

An online power supply design tool from Texas Instruments.

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Coilcraft LC Filter Designer

LC filter designer for power and RF, from Coilcraft & Nuhertz.

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PyBERT

Signal integrity simulation and analysis in Python.

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OpenEMS

Open-source 3D electromagnetic simulation in Python.

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Wise 2581 Viewer

A viewer application for IPC-2581 repositories.


Looking For More?

Want more great free design tools and design advice? Take a look at the Best PCB Design Tools page on Altium Resources.


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