Free timing diagram drawing software

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask, but anyway, does anyone know
of any free software that draws timing diagrams?

Thanks,

Michael.

"Michael Chan" <s354025@student.uq.edu.au> wrote in message news:<blp8id$7rp$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au>...
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask, but anyway, does anyone know
> of any free software that draws timing diagrams?
Try

http://www.timingtool.com/

the lite version is free.

Tom

Did you mean timeline diagrams? You can use http://creately.com for that. Its a online diagramming tool with real-time collaboration enabled. try it

elraymonds wrote:
> Did you mean timeline diagrams? You can use http://creately.com for that. Its a online diagramming tool with real-time collaboration enabled. try it
> 
> 

Who?  The person who posted the question 12 years ago?

On 6/4/2015 11:45 AM, GaborSzakacs wrote:
> elraymonds wrote:
>> Did you mean timeline diagrams? You can use http://creately.com for
>> that. Its a online diagramming tool with real-time collaboration
>> enabled. try it
>>
>>
>
> Who?  The person who posted the question 12 years ago?

There was a guy writing a timing diagram editor some time back.  I think 
it was called timing designer or similar, but I see "timing designer" is 
an expensive product name.  I downloaded the early versions and found it 
to be very lacking.  I tried to give him constructive feedback. After 
pushing it for two or three years he seemed to stop posting about it.

Is this what the original post was about?

-- 

Rick

rickman wrote:
> On 6/4/2015 11:45 AM, GaborSzakacs wrote:
>> elraymonds wrote:
>>> Did you mean timeline diagrams? You can use http://creately.com for
>>> that. Its a online diagramming tool with real-time collaboration
>>> enabled. try it
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Who?  The person who posted the question 12 years ago?
> 
> There was a guy writing a timing diagram editor some time back.  I think 
> it was called timing designer or similar, but I see "timing designer" is 
> an expensive product name.  I downloaded the early versions and found it 
> to be very lacking.  I tried to give him constructive feedback. After 
> pushing it for two or three years he seemed to stop posting about it.
> 
> Is this what the original post was about?
> 

Well the original post was looking for "any free software that draws
timing diagrams."  And the only reply at that time (12 years ago) was
to check out the lite version of http://www.timingtool.com which
still seems to exist.

I do remember Timing Designer as being not very good, and eventually
quite expensive.  At the time I was using dV/dT on a Mac, which worked
quite well for what it did.  Nowadays I usually use a simulator to
create timing diagrams more complex than any I might draw by hand.

-- 
Gabor

On 6/4/2015 5:15 PM, GaborSzakacs wrote:
> rickman wrote:
>> On 6/4/2015 11:45 AM, GaborSzakacs wrote:
>>> elraymonds wrote:
>>>> Did you mean timeline diagrams? You can use http://creately.com for
>>>> that. Its a online diagramming tool with real-time collaboration
>>>> enabled. try it
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Who?  The person who posted the question 12 years ago?
>>
>> There was a guy writing a timing diagram editor some time back.  I
>> think it was called timing designer or similar, but I see "timing
>> designer" is an expensive product name.  I downloaded the early
>> versions and found it to be very lacking.  I tried to give him
>> constructive feedback. After pushing it for two or three years he
>> seemed to stop posting about it.
>>
>> Is this what the original post was about?
>>
>
> Well the original post was looking for "any free software that draws
> timing diagrams."  And the only reply at that time (12 years ago) was
> to check out the lite version of http://www.timingtool.com which
> still seems to exist.
>
> I do remember Timing Designer as being not very good, and eventually
> quite expensive.  At the time I was using dV/dT on a Mac, which worked
> quite well for what it did.  Nowadays I usually use a simulator to
> create timing diagrams more complex than any I might draw by hand.
>

You guys are aware of the free TimingAnalyzer program for Windows, 
right? If not, have a look at http://www.timing-diagrams.com.

I'm no expert, but it looks like a big improvement over hand drawn 
diagrams for just about any situation (and certainly would be easier to 
revise).

On 6/4/2015 10:20 PM, chrisabele wrote:
> On 6/4/2015 5:15 PM, GaborSzakacs wrote:
>> rickman wrote:
>>> On 6/4/2015 11:45 AM, GaborSzakacs wrote:
>>>> elraymonds wrote:
>>>>> Did you mean timeline diagrams? You can use http://creately.com for
>>>>> that. Its a online diagramming tool with real-time collaboration
>>>>> enabled. try it
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Who?  The person who posted the question 12 years ago?
>>>
>>> There was a guy writing a timing diagram editor some time back.  I
>>> think it was called timing designer or similar, but I see "timing
>>> designer" is an expensive product name.  I downloaded the early
>>> versions and found it to be very lacking.  I tried to give him
>>> constructive feedback. After pushing it for two or three years he
>>> seemed to stop posting about it.
>>>
>>> Is this what the original post was about?
>>>
>>
>> Well the original post was looking for "any free software that draws
>> timing diagrams."  And the only reply at that time (12 years ago) was
>> to check out the lite version of http://www.timingtool.com which
>> still seems to exist.
>>
>> I do remember Timing Designer as being not very good, and eventually
>> quite expensive.  At the time I was using dV/dT on a Mac, which worked
>> quite well for what it did.  Nowadays I usually use a simulator to
>> create timing diagrams more complex than any I might draw by hand.
>>
>
> You guys are aware of the free TimingAnalyzer program for Windows,
> right? If not, have a look at http://www.timing-diagrams.com.
>
> I'm no expert, but it looks like a big improvement over hand drawn
> diagrams for just about any situation (and certainly would be easier to
> revise).

I think that is the one I saw some years ago.  I think it was a labor of 
love for the author and he got little respect for it at the time.  I'm 
glad to see that he stuck with it and turned it into something truly 
useful.

-- 

Rick

On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 11:16:36 PM UTC-4, rickman wrote:
> On 6/4/2015 10:20 PM, chrisabele wrote:
> > On 6/4/2015 5:15 PM, GaborSzakacs wrote:
> >> rickman wrote:
> >>> On 6/4/2015 11:45 AM, GaborSzakacs wrote:
> >>>> elraymonds wrote:
> >>>>> Did you mean timeline diagrams? You can use http://creately.com for
> >>>>> that. Its a online diagramming tool with real-time collaboration
> >>>>> enabled. try it
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Who?  The person who posted the question 12 years ago?
> >>>
> >>> There was a guy writing a timing diagram editor some time back.  I
> >>> think it was called timing designer or similar, but I see "timing
> >>> designer" is an expensive product name.  I downloaded the early
> >>> versions and found it to be very lacking.  I tried to give him
> >>> constructive feedback. After pushing it for two or three years he
> >>> seemed to stop posting about it.
> >>>
> >>> Is this what the original post was about?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Well the original post was looking for "any free software that draws
> >> timing diagrams."  And the only reply at that time (12 years ago) was
> >> to check out the lite version of http://www.timingtool.com which
> >> still seems to exist.
> >>
> >> I do remember Timing Designer as being not very good, and eventually
> >> quite expensive.  At the time I was using dV/dT on a Mac, which worked
> >> quite well for what it did.  Nowadays I usually use a simulator to
> >> create timing diagrams more complex than any I might draw by hand.
> >>
> >
> > You guys are aware of the free TimingAnalyzer program for Windows,
> > right? If not, have a look at http://www.timing-diagrams.com.
> >
> > I'm no expert, but it looks like a big improvement over hand drawn
> > diagrams for just about any situation (and certainly would be easier to
> > revise).
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> Rick


Hi Rick,

Wow! It has been a long time.  I remember our converations about this a lon=
g time ago.  I didn't realize how much work this was gone to be but I do en=
joy development and will probably always be working on some kind of CAD too=
l. I'm actually about 5 years away from retirement now and plan to do this =
CAD tool development full time then to keep busy.
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The TimingAnalyzer is alive and doing well.  Progress is still very slow si=
nce it is a part time effort but that is nothing new and I have learned to =
accept that.
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I have focused most recently on timing analysis and added a timing engine t=
hat is accurate to the +-fS. There are ways to create timing diagrams from =
Verilog or VHDL or directly from VCD files and there are app notes describi=
ng how to do that with python scripts examples. The most recent app note, I=
ntro to Timing Analysis" includes real examples with python scripts to run =
them.

There are other programs out there you can use to draw timing diagrams so t=
he focus going forward will be on:

   logic simulation with model delays
   transaction based diagrams.
   source code generation
   python scripts for all operations


Keep in touch,


Dan Fabrizio
www.timing-diagrams.com

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May I suggest Waveme?

waveme.weebly.com

It is a new, free, GUI-based, digital timing diagram drawing software for Windows (and Linux/MacOS via Wine).

Waveme is intended primarily for documentation purposes,
where a diagram can be exported (stored) to an image file (PNG, BMP or TIFF) or a PDF document.

Waveme can be used to draw waveforms (signals and buses), gaps, arrows and labels (see attached images).