Circuit simulator software suggestions

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Dave Boland

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Once in a while I need to test a small circuit idea, and would like to
use a simulator if possible. The software should save time and cost,
but only if it is easy to use (schematic capture, virtual insturments).
Any suggeestions for a low cost program?

Listen up Google Heads, their server seems to not be able to find
anything this morning, so my search efforts have been impared.

Dave,
 
"Dave Boland" <NOSPAMdboland9@stny.rr.com> wrote in message
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Once in a while I need to test a small circuit idea, and would like to
use a simulator if possible. The software should save time and cost,
but only if it is easy to use (schematic capture, virtual insturments).
Any suggeestions for a low cost program?

Listen up Google Heads, their server seems to not be able to find
anything this morning, so my search efforts have been impared.
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LTSpice: http://www.linear.com/software/

Leon
 
Dave Boland wrote:

Once in a while I need to test a small circuit idea, and would like to
use a simulator if possible. The software should save time and cost,
but only if it is easy to use (schematic capture, virtual insturments).
Any suggeestions for a low cost program?

Listen up Google Heads, their server seems to not be able to find
anything this morning, so my search efforts have been impared.

Dave,
Click to expand...
Read my posting in the "Battery Low Cut Off
(Equipment under voltage protection)" thread today.

MikeM
 
Dave Boland wrote:
Once in a while I need to test a small circuit idea, and would like to
use a simulator if possible. The software should save time and cost,
but only if it is easy to use (schematic capture, virtual
insturments). Any suggeestions for a low cost program?
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Well...I'm obviously going to suggests SuperSpice. Its the easiest Spice
to use in the known 3 universes.

What I will say though, is that virtual instruments do *not* make things
easy to use. They are nothing but a pain in the rectum. Using simulation
effectively, means recognising that physical meters are a compromise
that are *forced* on one in the real world, and a compromise that is not
necessary in the virtual world. For example, you don't want to have to
manually wire up a voltmeter, or break the connection in a lead to
insert a current meter every time you want to examine a new signal. All
you ant to do is move test points around on to wires and pins, or simple
click on nodes and pins, or click on signal names displayed in lists.
Why would you want to manually adjust a scope time base when you can
simply drag the mouse to zoom in on a waveform?

The fact that one might be more familiar with standard instruments, is
no reason to force a square peg into a round hole. One needs err...a
paradigm shift when using simulation tools.

Kevin Aylward
salesEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk
http://www.anasoft.co.uk
SuperSpice, a very affordable Mixed-Mode
Windows Simulator with Schematic Capture,
Waveform Display, FFT's and Filter Design.

"quotes with no meaning, are meaningless" - Kevin Aylward.
 
Kevin Aylward <kevindotaylwardEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> says...

Well...I'm obviously going to suggests SuperSpice. Its the
easiest Spice to use in the known 3 universes.
Click to expand...
How does it measure up to PSPICE?




--
Guy Macon, Electronics Engineer & Project Manager for hire.
Remember Doc Brown from the _Back to the Future_ movies? Do you
have an "impossible" engineering project that only someone like
Doc Brown can solve? My resume is at http://www.guymacon.com/
 
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 20:06:17 +0100, "Kevin Aylward"
<kevindotaylwardEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> wrote:


Well...I'm obviously going to suggests SuperSpice. Its the easiest Spice
to use in the known 3 universes.
Click to expand...
Which "known three universes" might that be, Kev?
 
"Paul Burridge" <pb@notthisbit.osiris1.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 20:06:17 +0100, "Kevin Aylward"
kevindotaylwardEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> wrote:


Well...I'm obviously going to suggests SuperSpice. Its the easiest Spice
to use in the known 3 universes.

Which "known three universes" might that be, Kev?
Click to expand...
This one, that one, and the other one.
 
Guy Macon wrote:
Kevin Aylward <kevindotaylwardEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> says...

Well...I'm obviously going to suggests SuperSpice. Its the
easiest Spice to use in the known 3 universes.

How does it measure up to PSPICE?
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In what way? As far as the GUI is concerned, SS is way ahead. Although
PSpice is reasonable usable, its "Schematics" front end is rather dated
(e.g. no docking file browser). PSpice itself has a couple of extra
useful features, but none that justifies its $5k cost + maintenance
cost, as it lacks other, more important ones. PSpice's success is based
on past performance/cost ratios, which were actually quite good, in fact
I have "bought" it 3 times in companies that I have worked for. Today,
in my view, its cost is nothing short of as outrageous. Its simple not
worth the money anymore.

Try running the SS examples, then try simulating a new circuit, and
should it be clear how easy it is to use.

Kevin Aylward
salesEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk
http://www.anasoft.co.uk
SuperSpice, a very affordable Mixed-Mode
Windows Simulator with Schematic Capture,
Waveform Display, FFT's and Filter Design.
 
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 23:27:47 +0100, "R.Lewis" <h.lewis-not this
bit-@connect-2.co.uk> wrote:

"Paul Burridge" <pb@notthisbit.osiris1.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 20:06:17 +0100, "Kevin Aylward"
kevindotaylwardEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> wrote:


Well...I'm obviously going to suggests SuperSpice. Its the easiest Spice
to use in the known 3 universes.

Which "known three universes" might that be, Kev?

This one, that one, and the other one.
Click to expand...
Thanks. I've often wondered which one Kev lives in. :)
 
Paul Burridge wrote:
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 23:27:47 +0100, "R.Lewis" <h.lewis-not this
bit-@connect-2.co.uk> wrote:


"Paul Burridge" <pb@notthisbit.osiris1.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 20:06:17 +0100, "Kevin Aylward"
kevindotaylwardEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> wrote:


Well...I'm obviously going to suggests SuperSpice. Its the easiest
Spice to use in the known 3 universes.

Which "known three universes" might that be, Kev?

This one, that one, and the other one.

Thanks. I've often wondered which one Kev lives in. :)
Click to expand...
My one. Its the 4th, unknown to otheres, one.

Kevin Aylward
salesEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk
http://www.anasoft.co.uk
SuperSpice, a very affordable Mixed-Mode
Windows Simulator with Schematic Capture,
Waveform Display, FFT's and Filter Design.
 
"Paul Burridge" <pb@notthisbit.osiris1.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 23:27:47 +0100, "R.Lewis" <h.lewis-not this
bit-@connect-2.co.uk> wrote:


"Paul Burridge" <pb@notthisbit.osiris1.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 20:06:17 +0100, "Kevin Aylward"
kevindotaylwardEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> wrote:


Well...I'm obviously going to suggests SuperSpice. Its the easiest
Spice
to use in the known 3 universes.

Which "known three universes" might that be, Kev?

This one, that one, and the other one.

Thanks. I've often wondered which one Kev lives in. :)
Click to expand...
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