What program to use for circuit design?

[Voltz]

Anyone got any recommendations?

 

[canadaelk]

That depends. What is it you want to do?
LTspice and KiCad are free but not easy to learn.
Pen and paper still works for me.

 

[MrDEB]

I like LT SPICE and TINA 7.0
both FREE downloads
Tina is real easy.

 

[MikeMl]

Anyone got any recommendations?

I use LTSpice all the time. Example from today

 

[crutschow]

I second Mike ML on using LTSpice. It's probably the best free program for doing analog circuit simulation. And it's great for a beginner learning about the basic circuit elements (inductors, caps, transistors, etc.) and their characteristics. It's a lot easier to simulate a circuit than build one. I never build a circuit without simulating it first.

 

[Voltz]

Thanks, so which one do you guys recommend, and are there any simple ones, something that can make a diagram as simple as this
I think I should mention that I want to draw schematics rather than simulate circuits

 

[MrDEB]

For drawing a schematic, I found expresspcb to be very easy.
Alot use Eagle. Yes Eagle is supposed to be better but has a heavy learning curve.

 

[trident9]

If just drawing schematics I use expresspcb, custom symbols are easy to create. For PCB layout I use Eagle. It is very customizable, but it can be a pain at times.

 

[Voltz]

If just drawing schematics I use expresspcb, custom symbols are easy to create. For PCB layout I use Eagle. It is very customizable, but it can be a pain at times.

Thanks, and to you all aswell

 

[Voltz]

How about simulation?

 

[crutschow]

How about simulation?

The initial responses to your question covers that.