XCircuit

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XCircuit
Version 3.4 rev 26
Manufacturer OpenCircuitDesign
Web Page XCircuit
Pundit Updated 6/23/2008

XCircuit is a Unix program for drawing circuits. It uses PostScript to load and save files, which means schematics drawn in XCircuit can be easily loaded into LaTeX documents.

Running

Log in to a Unix station, or log in remotely with a terminal program and an X11 package (X-Win 32 for Windows, X11R6 for Macs) and type xcircuit - it's just that easy!

Use

A tutorial is available at the OpenCircuitDesign page.

Known Issues

  • In text, sometimes trying to change the text format will crash the program. Best bet is to save the circuit before formatting the text, then try formatting. A very common place this happens is in trying to make an italicized variable with a regular subscript - that is, \(i_{\mbox{a}}\) instead of \(i_a\). Usually, you start with italics, then move one character forward to make the subscript, then normalscript the a. The last step is the one that occasionally causes issues.

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