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Explore how eSim, a fully open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) toolchain, is democratizing circuit design and simulation for students, educators, researchers, and makers in this 28-minute conference talk. Learn about this community-driven alternative for analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit simulation built on established FOSS components including ngspice, KiCad, GHDL, Verilator, and Python-based tooling like PyQt5. Discover how the tool is becoming portable across different environments and incorporating AI-assisted capabilities to enhance usability, learning, and debugging. Gain insights into the technical architecture and workflow of eSim, see demonstrations of circuit simulation pipelines, and understand how it integrates with other open-source tools. Examine the challenges of maintaining large academic FOSS projects and explore various ways developers can contribute through code, documentation, testing, or outreach. Understand how eSim fits into the global open-source EDA landscape as an alternative to costly proprietary software, particularly in educational settings. Learn about the project's alignment with India's Digital India, Atmanirbhar Bharat initiatives, and the National Education Policy 2020, demonstrating how open-source communities, academia, and policy can collaborate to build sustainable engineering infrastructure. Discover how open-source EDA tools like eSim can enable low-cost chip fabrication and support the vision of self-reliant technology ecosystems.
