Which computer programs are best for electronics

[ulot]

Hello i'ld like to know which computer electronic programs are best for a beginner or generally the best

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Hello i'ld like to know which computer electronic programs are best for a beginner or generally the best

To do what?.

 

[samcheetah]

well in my opinion

Eagle Layout Editor for making PCBs (its free)

and Multisim for circuit simulation

like Nigel said, be a little bit specific in your questions

 

[ulot]

Sorry about that.
Am asking about programs for circuit design and what ever else there is but basically what a beginner needs to concern himself with for now.

 

[alesteryew]

Multisim is a good simulator but it is not free and expensive. But you may try out the demo version with some limited function such as cant save.

 

[zachtheterrible]

Switcher CAD III is a great sim program. If you're looking for a digital sim program, it's not good though. If you do oscillation, rf, etc. it's great. And best of all its totally free w/ no restrictions. I think the website is linear.com . . . if not, just google for Switcher CAD III.

 

[fat-tony]

Here's another positive comment for SwitcherCAD III. https://www.linear.com/software/

Also, it will run under Wine for Linux no problem.

If you want to do circuitboards as well, I'm kinda partial to the CircuitMaker/TraxMaker package, even though it's not necessarily a great program. It works good enough, and they have it at my school.