Horizon EDA is an Electronic Design Automation package supporting an integrated end-to-end workflow for printed circuit board design including parts management and schematic entry.
With Horizon EDA you can:
- Comfortably use, maintain and share a pool of parts
- Draw schematics with a streamlined workflow
- Design, 3D-preview and export PCB layouts for manufacturing
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Complete design flow from schematic entry to gerber export.
- Sane library management.
- Unified editor for everything from symbol to board.
- Netlist-aware schematic editor.
- KiCad’s awesome interactive router.
- Lag- and glitch-free rendering.
- Rule-based DRC.
- Hierarchical schematics.
- Undo/redo.
- Copy/paste for some objects.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux and Windows.
Website: horizon-eda.org
Support: GitHub code repository
Developer: Lukas K.
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Horizon EDA is written in C and C++. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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