XCircuit

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XCircuit topic overview

The analysis highlights Art, PCB layout and File formats as prominent areas in the source structure around XCircuit.

Related topics: 12
Source areas: 3
Connected nodes: 15
Extracted relationships: 23
Concept neighborhoods: 14
Bridge connections: 15

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 9 topics

PCB layout · 2 topics

File formats · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Developer: Tim Edwards
License: GPL
Operating system: Cross-platform
Original author: Tim Edwards
Release: 1993; 33 years ago (1993)
Repository: github.com/RTimothyEdwards/XCircuit

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Schematic capture
VLSI Very Large Scale Integration
PostScript
Ngspice
Netlists Netlist
Layout vs. Schematic Layout Versus Schematic
Unix
X11
Windows Microsoft Windows

PCB layout

GEDA
PCB PCB (software)

File formats

EDIF

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How XCircuit connects Entity context

The extracted context around XCircuit shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, XCircuit → EDA, Efabless Corp, Electronic Design Automation, Engineering Part-time, Johns Hopkins University Applied, Johns Hopkins University Whiting, Laurel, Maryland, Physics Laboratory, School, Since, Tim Edwards Another extracted example is XCircuit → Tim Edwards. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Top relations

related to history · 12

XCircuit → EDA, Efabless Corp, Electronic Design Automation, Engineering Part-time, Johns Hopkins University Applied, Johns Hopkins University Whiting, Laurel, Maryland, Physics Laboratory, School, Since, Tim Edwards

Developer · 1

XCircuit → Tim Edwards

License · 1

XCircuit → GPL

Operating system · 1

XCircuit → Cross-platform

Original author · 1

XCircuit → Tim Edwards

Release · 1

XCircuit → 1993; 33 years ago (1993)

Repository · 1

XCircuit → github.com/RTimothyEdwards/XCircuit

Stable release · 1

XCircuit → 3.10.45 / 27 July 2026; 28 days ago (27 July 2026)

Type · 1

XCircuit → Diagramming software

Website · 1

XCircuit → opencircuitdesign.com/xcircuit/

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

circuit postscript schematic program file formats pcb capture drawing design layout vlsi files it's ngspice electrical diagrams ps cir doesn't

XCircuit relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 23 structured relationships around XCircuit. Examples in this analysis include XCircuit → Developer → Tim Edwards and XCircuit → License → GPL. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
XCircuit	Developer	Tim Edwards	1.00	infobox
XCircuit	License	GPL	1.00	infobox
XCircuit	Operating system	Cross-platform	1.00	infobox
XCircuit	Original author	Tim Edwards	1.00	infobox
XCircuit	Release	1993; 33 years ago (1993)	1.00	infobox
XCircuit	Repository	github.com/RTimothyEdwards/XCircuit	1.00	infobox
XCircuit	Stable release	3.10.45 / 27 July 2026; 28 days ago (27 July 2026)	1.00	infobox
XCircuit	Type	Diagramming software	1.00	infobox
XCircuit	Website	opencircuitdesign.com/xcircuit/	1.00	infobox
XCircuit	is a	schematic capture program for drawing publication-quality VLSI electrical circuit schematic diagrams and related figures	0.90	text
XCircuit	related to history	Tim Edwards	0.60	section
XCircuit	related to history	Efabless Corp	0.60	section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around XCircuit bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Circuit, Drawing and File. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

XCircuit
- Circuit
- Drawing
- File
- Formats
- Layout
- Postscript
- Program
- Cir
- Diagrams
- Doesn't
- Electrical
- Hopkins
xcircuit
- Circuit
- Drawing
- File
- Formats
- Layout
- Postscript
- Program
- Cir
- Diagrams
- Doesn't
- Electrical
- Hopkins
layout vs. schematic
- Capture
- Ngspice
- Ps
- Software
- Website
- Pcb
- Drawing
- Postscript
- Xcircuit
- Edwards
- Netlists
- Tim
pcb layout
- Ngspice
- Ps
- Software
- Website
- Layout
- Pcb
- Postscript
- Xcircuit
- Edwards
- Netlists
- Tim
- Cir
pcb
- Software
- Website
- Layout
- Edwards
- Tim
- Cir
- Doesn't
- Eda
- Files
- Hopkins
- Johns
- Ngspice
file formats
- Formats
- Layout
- Postscript
- Xcircuit
- Edwards
- Netlists
- Tim
- Doesn't
- Hopkins
- Johns
- Ngspice
- Ps
ngspice
- Cir
- Ps
- Layout
- Netlists
- Postscript
- Doesn't
- Eda
- Files
- Software
- Website
- File
- Formats
schematic capture
- Capture
- Schematic
- Drawing
- Circuit
- Figures
- Publication-quality
- Related
- Diagrams
- Eda
- Electrical
- Vlsi
- Xcircuit

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For XCircuit, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects XCircuit with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

XCircuit — Overview · splits 6 ⟂ 10

XCircuit — PCB layout · splits 13 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

XCircuit

Nodes16

Edges15

Triples23

Avg. degree1.88

Density0.125

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around XCircuit to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Art, PCB layout & File formats, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — XCircuit · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout