Schematic capture

Schematic capture or schematic entry is a step in the design cycle of electronic design automation at which the electronic diagram, or schematic of the designed electronic circuit is created by a designer. This is done interactively with the help of a schematic capture tool also known as schematic editor.

Related Topics:
Electronic design automation - Schematic - Electronic circuit - Interactive - Schematic editor

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In a way, schematic entry is the very first step of actual design of an electronic circuit. Therefore schematic entry is said to be a front-end operation in the design flow.

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