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Altium Designer vs PICsim

A side-by-side look at Altium Designer and PICsim. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Altium Designer

Altium Designer

Development

Altium Designer is professional printed circuit board (PCB) design software used for schematic capture, PCB layout, and file output for manufacturing. It helps engineers design and prototype complex electronic hardware products.

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PICsim

PICsim

Development

PICsim is an open-source circuit simulator and microcontroller emulator that allows users to test and debug PIC microcontroller code on their computer. It provides a GUI workspace for designing circuits and writing/uploading code to a virtual PIC chip.

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