SV: Re: [sdiy] Simulating SW?

[Aaron Lanterman]

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, karl dalen wrote:

> But you said SPICE simulation in the "pretender OVCO" thread!
> I tought you used SPICE? Wich one if you did?

Almost all of these have SPICE at the core, somewhere...

- Aaron
>
> --- harrybissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net> skrev:
>
>> 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!
>>
>>
>
>