Ultiboard Reviews & Product Details

Personally I had used multisim for circuit simulation so it was very seamless to transit to ultiboard for PCB designing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is sometimes very slow and lags but in most scenarios works just fine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Most of the PCB design softwares are more complex for beginners. The best thing about Ni Ultiboard is its simplicity. It is as simple as beginners can use it easily. At the same time, they can design complex PCB circuits. We can manually manipulate copper layers of the circuit. we can manually change or create footprints for existing or new components that we add to our design. We can also add new packages to Ni Ultiboard. One more thing that I like most is its ability to transfer our design form Ni Ultiboard to Ni Multisim in order to check our design response. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the downsides of NI Ultiboard is its incomplete circuit wiring during auto-routing. When we use auto-route, I have experienced that mostly it completes up to 85 to 90%. Sometimes it performs an excellent job during auto-routing and generates its 100%. One more thing that the software should have to do, as soon as we complete our design there should be an option which shows total power losses that occur in our PCB design with respect to a specified current, a specified copper layer thickness. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The part shoving feature made my work a lot easier. I could make PCBs within strict design standards in no time. The in-place part edit feature is a life saver. Many times during design stage we come across irregularities in the footprint for a particular model. It takes quite some time to go back and change it in the database and resume with the work again. The in-place part edit just lets me edit the footprint on the board itself saving me valuable time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can't select a trace on an individual layer even if I am working on the intended layer. All the traces inside the selection area get selected even if they are all on separate layers. I also want to be able to scroll more easily using just my mouse. The net names aren't visible until I zoom in a great deal to the intended area on the PCB. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ultiboard is effective. It can and will get a circuit board designed for printing. It's helpful that it can generate the connections for the user while also allowing tweaking or full blown customizations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ultiboard may not be the most user-friendly application in existence today. The icons can get a little cluttered. The indicators such as a <= 90 degree angle in routes can be thin and easily missed if you're not looking for them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Best software for the PCB circuit and design. I mainly used it when I was an engineering student in electronic courses and exams. The software was straightforward to use, even for students, and with minimum supervision and lecturers' assistance. With this software, I managed to create a multiple-layer circuit with reasonable time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- The software GUI looks a bit retro, especially with the current time.

- Finding electronic components also a bit tedious, and the search must be accurate.

- The simulation was sometimes not working or accurate for the complicated circuit, and it took me some time to find the root cause.

- There are also fewer documentations and helps with the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very simple and easy especially for fresh students. It is as simple as beginners can use it easily. You can design simple as well as complex PCB circuits from it, especially when working on Microcontroller and microprocessor. I completed my final year project using this software, the project was OPEN LOOP IRON DETECTOR FROM A CONVEYOR TRACK. It is basically a PLC based project in which electromagnet arm and conveyor belt are used. The electromagnet is energized using counters, timers & switches and collects all pieces of iron from garbage through a fixed Program Logic, and no sensors are used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the components are not present in the library, i.e., IC's and SOD's. Sometimes it gets stuck in the middle or has a hanging problem. But in the end, I personally like it very much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I enjoyed the simple UI as well as the feasibility to import from NI Multisim which allowed me to print a PCB of the CE AMP I was working on as well as add many layers to the wiring. Moreover, I was able to customise the menu to fit my specific needs. I have not yet printed the PCB but it looks very simple. The UI although outdated offered ease of use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the fact that the UI is a little dated as well as the fact that the Copper wiring sometimes gets mixed up and has to be manually adjusted. Moreover I dislike that the components have to be manually untangled in order to fit the PCB board specifications. A more modern UI would be excellent. Also I wish there was compatibility for MAC OS since I am a primary MAC user. It would be great to see also Multisim as well as Ultiboard integrated into one system. Also I ran into the issue where I had to reopen the files because they kept crashing on windows 10 but I'm sure that is just a temporary bug which will soon be fixed. Simple Issues overall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I loved how user friendly the program was. It's been over 4 years and I can honestly say I'd still remember how to do most of the "commands" I used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the way that the program tried simplifying your chip was more complicated than before. I think that is to be expected of any program though. I think sometimes the program let us be too free with how we connected microchip components and this was impossible in real life. Again though I don't think that's anything unusual of the program and more likely had to do with inexperience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most helpful thing with ultiboard is it has an intuitive user interface, it’s easy to use and has clean appearance. I really like the snapping feature when connecting pins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The auto-route feature could work better. The downsides are that it sometimes because cluttered when importing files and saving files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy route and auto detection of error in layout. It also uses the latest technology Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing I actually liked and had been using it all of my college years and haven't found any unnecessary feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.