[sdiy] Simulating SW?

[Scott Gravenhorst]

I use a solderless breadboard...  (c:

harrybissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net> wrote:
>I use an old package called "Electronic Workbench". It is replaced by
>"Multisim" and it is NOT student priced... :^(   It would probably be
>$1000 - $1500 for a full package. Maybe $5K if you wanted to do PCBs etc
>
>in the same package. EWB has some minor bugs but if you have a Windoze
>box you'd be used to that level of annoyance, anyway.
>
>Neat feature about EWB / Multisim... interactive on screen instruments
>like
>oscilloscopes, function generator etc. In most cases, no need to develop
>your
>own test sources.  This IS important... if you want a sine wave, fine
>its there...
>but there are no good SAWTOOTH waves and you WILL want those...
>
>There is a package called TINA that looks good.  There is a limited free
>
>version at Texas Instruments site called TINA-TI which is crippled by
>number
>of ICs and TI parts only (well, you'd figure that :^).  A full version
>looks like
>about $500 for the top of the line.
>
>I heartily do not recommend EDWin32. Bought it and its so buggy it was
>totally useless to me.  You want free ??? contact me offlist.
>
>There is one called "Proton" by Labcenter (UK) that looks very nice. I
>think
>you can get a demo version to try before you buy.
>
>tom.adam at telenet.be wrote:
>
>> What simulation software you guys use for trying out new idea's?
>> Or is this "not done".....
>>
>> Looking for a lite version, preferably freeware ;-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> --
>> Tom Adam
>> The Big Ear
>> http://users.pandora.be/the-big-ear/
>> Check out the download section!
>

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