CS 256 - Spring 2013: References

Building Circuits in Lab

Drawing Circuits

If you want to draw circuits with the highest quality and the most control, I recommend using a vector graphics editor (such as Inkscape, which is free, open-source, cross-platform and excellent) as opposed to a raster editor (like MS Paint or Adobe Photoshop). Vector graphics will let you copy, move, and generally edit your circuit with far more flexibility than a raster graphics program can.

Additionally, there are several programs focused on schematic capture (drawing circuit diagrams) directly. These will do handy things like maintaining wire connections between parts as you move them. A few good free options are:

Logisim is probably the best option of these, but feel free to try out the others as well.

Concepts