LTspice is only for windows

[kubik]

I need to use a circuit simulator under a linux O.S. I downloaded LTSpice
( Switcher-CAD III ) and i found a .exe file.
I ask: is there a linux version of LTSpice?
If not can i use LTSpice under wine and how i can do it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Mike Engelhardt]

kubik,

I need to use a circuit simulator under a linux O.S. I downloaded LTSpice
( Switcher-CAD III ) and i found a .exe file.
I ask: is there a linux version of LTSpice?
If not can i use LTSpice under wine and how i can do it?

Thanks in advance.

Yes, that version of LTspice will run on Linux w/ WINE. Here is the
relavent part of the FAQ:

Q. Do you have a version of LTspice for Linux?
A. Not a separate edition, but it does run under
WINE. The program has been tested on Linux
RedHat 8.0 with WINE version 20030219.

Q. OK, I've never used WINE, how do I install that
on my Linux box?
A. 1. Check with www.winehq.com to find the current
version of WINE for your system. At the time
of this writing, for RedHat 8.0, this points
to http://mecano.gme.usherb.ca/~vberon/wine
2. Copy the appropriate .rpm file to your machine
and open it from nautilus.
3. Get the file swcadiii.exe from www.linear.com.
In an xterm, execute "wine swcadiii.exe" to
install LTspice.
4. There will now be a Linear Technology Logo on
your gnome desktop. Double click it to start
or type "wine scad3.exe" from an xterm to
start the program. That's it!

Q. The schematic fonts don't scale as smoothly under
WINE as Windows. Why is that?
A. WINE is doing the best best it can with the fonts
it finds. It will do better if you tell it how
to find the files arial.ttf and cour.ttf from
your Windows system.

Q. The PWL additional point editor doesn't look
right under WINE?
A. Try using the native Windows .dll from your
Windows system. The command line to then invoke
LTspice from WINE is:
wine -dll commctrl,comctl32=n scad3.exe.

Q. It seems LTspice is running slightly differently
under WINE/Linux than windows. Why is that?
A. LTspice detects whether or not it's running under
WINE. If so, it works around a few WINE issues.
You can force LTspice to think it's running under
WINE with the command line switch -wine. You can
force it to think it's not with the command line
switch -nowine in case you're interesting in
debugging WINE.

Q. Under Windows, LTspice extends the virtual
address space for waveform viewing to 64 bits.
Does that work under WINE?
A. Yes. It has been tested on waveform files over
5 Gigabytes in size.

Q. Under Linux, does it support unlimited component
count and depth of schematic hierarchy?
A. Yes. Opps, no. The maximum depth of hierarchy
is 64 levels but that limit is just there to
allow detection of infinite subcircuit recursion.
(Most "unlimited" SPICE's "limit" you to about 21
levels.) LTspice has no limit on node or
component count either per page or for the
entire circuit.

Q. Does cross-probing while simulation work with
those slick marching waveforms while running
under Linux?
A. Yes.

Q. So from what version on is LTspice supported
under WINE?
A. 2.01g.

--Mike

 

[Mike Engelhardt]

Ken,

Could you verify that this happens in the current version(2.10z) and report
to the address on the Help=>About dialog box.(I never put that e-mail
in print anywhere else for spam reasons.) I'm not at my linux box
right now, but my memory tells me that at least the cursor problem
doesn't happen on Linux/WINE.

--Mike

"Ken Smith" <kensmith@green.rahul.net> wrote in message news:cf6k2b$ak6$1@blue.rahul.net...

Q. Do you have a version of LTspice for Linux?
A. Not a separate edition, but it does run under
WINE. The program has been tested on Linux
RedHat 8.0 with WINE version 20030219.

I am running LTSpice 2.09j, Suse-8.1 and wine version 20040213.

Except for a nagging problem with the cursor when drawing wires, it
works just fine for what I need.

There are two problems that Mike could fix when he gets a spare minute.
(like that will ever happen)

(1)
On my machine, when drawing wires, the cursor does not undraw its self as
it moves. I have to zoom to force it to repaint.

(2)
Also on my machine, if you have a signal source from a wave file and also
write to another wave file, the sim runs very very slowly or in fact
hanges, I not sure which.



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[Ken Smith]

Q. Do you have a version of LTspice for Linux?
A. Not a separate edition, but it does run under
WINE. The program has been tested on Linux
RedHat 8.0 with WINE version 20030219.

I am running LTSpice 2.09j, Suse-8.1 and wine version 20040213.

Except for a nagging problem with the cursor when drawing wires, it
works just fine for what I need.

There are two problems that Mike could fix when he gets a spare minute.
(like that will ever happen)

(1)
On my machine, when drawing wires, the cursor does not undraw its self as
it moves. I have to zoom to force it to repaint.

(2)
Also on my machine, if you have a signal source from a wave file and also
write to another wave file, the sim runs very very slowly or in fact
hanges, I not sure which.



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[Ken Smith]

In article <h9CRc.2562$tU4.87@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com>,
Mike Engelhardt <nospam@nospam.org> wrote:

Ken,

Could you verify that this happens in the current version(2.10z) and report
to the address on the Help=>About dialog box.(I never put that e-mail
in print anywhere else for spam reasons.) I'm not at my linux box
right now, but my memory tells me that at least the cursor problem
doesn't happen on Linux/WINE.

You mean "doesn't happen on my Linux/WINE" I assume and yes I will do it
over the next day or two.


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[Stuart Brorson]

kubik <jackgroups@interfree.it> wrote:
: I need to use a circuit simulator under a linux O.S. I downloaded LTSpice
: ( Switcher-CAD III ) and i found a .exe file.
: I ask: is there a linux version of LTSpice?
: If not can i use LTSpice under wine and how i can do it?

LTSpice is wonderful & runs well under wine, as has already been
pointed out.

Since you are a Linux dude, you might want to check out ngspice, which
is a Linux-native, open-source version of classic SPICE 3f5:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ngspice/

Grab the 15fixedRC2 version.

It is a "work in progress", meaning that it sometimes won't converge
when LTSpice will, and very occasionally exhibits other quirks.
Personally, I find it extremely useful as a complement to LTSpice,
particularly because I sometimes want to use a CLI interface to
SPICE, which LTSpice lacks (or I haven't found yet).

Stuart

 

[Chaos Master]

Stuart Brorson's info is within the message
<10hn59bj1m1cs39@corp.supernews.com> at location sci.electronics.cad:

It is a "work in progress", meaning that it sometimes won't converge
when LTSpice will, and very occasionally exhibits other quirks.
Personally, I find it extremely useful as a complement to LTSpice,
particularly because I sometimes want to use a CLI interface to
SPICE, which LTSpice lacks (or I haven't found yet).

You can write netlists, save with .cir extensions and load them on LTspice.
I've used this to put netlists made by other simulators, in LTSpice.

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[/* frank */]

kubik ha detto questo sabato :

Thanks in advance.

It's run very well under Wine
while P$pice under wine sucks....