Exploring 7 Common EDA Tools for Hardware Design
EDA Tools Electronics Design Automation PCB Design Software Protel Altium Designer Cadence KiCad OrCAD MATLAB Electronics Workbench (EWB) Article: Electronic Design Automation (EDA) has evolved from concepts like Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM), Computer-Aided Testing (CAT), and Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) since the mid-1960s. By the 1990s, countries with advanced electronics and computer technologies actively explored new electronic circuit design methods, leading to significant successes in design methodologies and tools. The widespread adoption of programmable logic devices like CPLDs and FPGAs has brought tremendous flexibility to digital system design. Applications of EDA Tools: EDA software can generally be categorized into three types: chip design assistance software, programmable chip design assistance software, and system design assistance software. In China, the most influential EDA software falls into the system design assistance and pro...