Hi Exact 1 to 1 are not there for them. > > Need FOSS equivalents for the following software > > > 1. Programmable Logic Controller and Scada Programming Software > > company should support this. see this site if it helps:- *inuxscada*.info/
> > 1. ORCAD > > kicad has some of the functionality as told above. > > 1. Xilinx or Altera > > lots of proprietary stuff in such electronics software to really hope for a foss equivalent. Xilinx does have linux versions for some components (I have used a webpack for linux in the past). No idea about altera. > > 1. Electronic Work Bench > 2. E-spice > > nothing 1 to 1. some electronic softwares are available. > > 1. Matlab Programming > > octave, scilab, sage can do al computational tasks you need. numpy-scipy are useful too. All computing is possible with these packages with some work and understanding. > > 1. TASM / MASM > > gnu and others have their own assemblers. > > 1. Kiel Software for Embedded systems. > > foss compilers/assemblers are available. you could use sdcc for 8051 for example, arm of course compilers have been available for long. You can customise IDEs for these types of programs. Getting downloaders for the final hex is a different task however. Vendors may not have provided foss downloaders although some hobbyists have made some software. Looking at list and details of packages in Debian's Electronics/Mathematics and other Sections shall be useful:- http://packages.debian.org/stable/ Best Regards Gajendra -- LUG@IITD - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
