CircuitMaker

Altium CircuitMaker
Developer(s)Altium
Initial releaseJanuary 2015
Stable release
2.2.1 / June 2021
Written inDelphi, C++, C#
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
Sizeca. 900 MB
Available inEnglish
TypeElectronic design automation
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.circuitmaker.com

CircuitMaker is electronic design automation software for printed circuit board designs targeted at the hobby, hacker, and maker community.[1][2] CircuitMaker is available as freeware, and the hardware designed with it may be used for commercial and non-commercial purposes without limitations.[3] It is currently available publicly as version 2.0 by Altium Limited, with the first non-beta release on January 17, 2016.[4]

  1. ^ Graves, George (20 June 2015). "Altium Gives Away The Farm With New CircuitMaker Software". Hackaday. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  2. ^ Fabio, Adam (24 September 2015). "CircuitMaker From Altium". Hackaday. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ^ "CircuitMaker FAQs". Retrieved 24 November 2015. No, there is no licensing to worry about, and no subscription to maintain. The original version of CircuitMaker (latest edition was CircuitMaker200) always came with a free version targeted towards the educational market. The current version of CircuitMaker is totally free, giving you all the tools to think big and make cool stuff, with features and functionality to facilitate creation of diverse and challenging designs.
  4. ^ "CircuitMaker". Retrieved 24 November 2015.