[EE] Mixed-Signal Simulation

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solarwind

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Mar 29, 2009, 4:52:02 PM3/29/09
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Hey all, can any of you please recommend good mixed-signal simulation
software (such as SPICE)? I want to be able to do things like lay out
a schematic, apply power, virtually stick in oscilloscope probes and
see what I get on a graph. I don't care if it's free/pay/whatever.

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cdb

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Mar 29, 2009, 9:07:25 PM3/29/09
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:: Hey all, can any of you please recommend good mixed-signal


:: simulation
:: software (such as SPICE)? I want to be able to do things like lay
:: out
:: a schematic, apply power, virtually stick in oscilloscope probes
:: and
:: see what I get on a graph. I don't care if it's free/pay/whatever.

You can check out AutotraxEDA - www.kov.com it is a CAD and Spice
software in one package - it is being upgraded to using dot Net
technology currently and any buglets will disappear.

You could download SwitcherCad from Linear Technology (free) - it
comes with a whole load of gumph for their switcher chips, but is
actually a spice program - or if you like CLI stuff and I've just lost
the link, but there is a free version which requires hand entry rather
than drawing a nice circuit.

Check out BrownBag software, they used to have a lite version of
Spice, which could be upgraded if your purchased Proteus i think it
was.

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Antonio Benci

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Mar 29, 2009, 9:14:02 PM3/29/09
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Have a look at Simetrix, http://www.simetrix.co.uk/

We use it in out student labs, real easy to learn.

A. Benci

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Bob Blick

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Mar 29, 2009, 10:52:18 PM3/29/09
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solarwind wrote:
> Hey all, can any of you please recommend good mixed-signal simulation
> software (such as SPICE)? I want to be able to do things like lay out
> a schematic, apply power, virtually stick in oscilloscope probes and
> see what I get on a graph. I don't care if it's free/pay/whatever.

The easiest entry into SPICE is LTspice:

http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/

You'll get instant gratification.

Cheers,

Bob

solarwind

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Mar 29, 2009, 11:06:03 PM3/29/09
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On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Bob Blick <bobb...@ftml.net> wrote:
> The easiest entry into SPICE is LTspice:
>
> http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/
>
> You'll get instant gratification.

Ya, I just gave that a go before posting this thread and completely
failed with it.

Xiaofan Chen

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Mar 30, 2009, 5:02:20 AM3/30/09
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:06 AM, solarwind <x.sola...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Bob Blick <bobb...@ftml.net> wrote:
>> The easiest entry into SPICE is LTspice:
>>
>> http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/
>>
>> You'll get instant gratification.
>
> Ya, I just gave that a go before posting this thread and completely
> failed with it.

LTSpice is one of the best free one.

For commercial ones, I like PSpice (expensive) and Saber (very expensive).
The student version of PSpice is free but quite limited. PSpice is more
user friendly. Saber is very powerful but I have not used its advance
feature, I use Saber now since I only have access to Saber License now.

A lot of the schools use this one (used to be Electronics Workbench, now
under National Instruments).
http://www.ni.com/multisim/

Xiaofan

Tamas Rudnai

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Mar 30, 2009, 6:22:23 AM3/30/09
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You can also try Proteus VSM, and it has also Microchip and Atmel (AVR, 8051
& ARM) simulation so you can mix up with your firmware.

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Vasile Surducan

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Mar 30, 2009, 6:58:39 AM3/30/09
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On 3/30/09, Xiaofan Chen <xiao...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:06 AM, solarwind <x.sola...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Bob Blick <bobb...@ftml.net> wrote:
> >> The easiest entry into SPICE is LTspice:
> >>
> >> http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/
> >>
> >> You'll get instant gratification.
> >
> > Ya, I just gave that a go before posting this thread and completely
> > failed with it.
>
> LTSpice is one of the best free one.
>
> For commercial ones, I like PSpice (expensive) and Saber (very expensive).
> The student version of PSpice is free but quite limited. PSpice is more
> user friendly. Saber is very powerful but I have not used its advance
> feature, I use Saber now since I only have access to Saber License now.
>
> A lot of the schools use this one (used to be Electronics Workbench, now
> under National Instruments).
> http://www.ni.com/multisim/

Electronic Workbench was a good joke, I hope multisim is not.

Vasile

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