[sdiy] Circuit Simulators

[Michael E Caloroso]

I'm using OSX.

Tina is Windows only.

I refuse to go back to Microsoft Windows.

MC

On 10/27/20, Jay Schwichtenberg <jschwich53 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Personally I think all EDA/CAD type SW tools have their idiosyncrasies,
> warts and good points. You just got to pick something and learn it. For
> me that is LTspice and KiCad.
>
> One thing that has helped me become more efficient is reprogramming the
> hot keys. Typically the packages come with these setup more to associate
> the operation with the action. Once you've established a work style or
> flow for yourself think about how you can optimize that by reprogramming
> the hot keys. A good example (that I use) is put the more common
> operations I do on keys which don't use shift/control/alt on keys that
> are not on my mouse hand. That way I can do stuff without having to move
> my mouse hand to the keyboard and back.
>
> One major thing to keep in mind when using Spice or PSpice for
> simulation is it is just that. You are using component models that range
> from simple (ideal) to complex and how detailed of a simulation you do
> all effect the out come. I did contract work and have worked a number of
> different places and in a number of different areas. One place I worked
> there were a number of world class engineers. We were working on
> something that was targeted to work up to 10GHz and the guys were
> simulating everything. There was the circuit per say, pcb, flex pcb,
> cables, connectors, .... This got them close but there were still a
> number of issues to be resolved and in the end after every thing was
> done and validated it worked up to 15 GHz. So bottom line (especially at
> the level we're talking about here) we're looking at a tool that will
> show us an ideal model. So keep that in mind. Things like noise, edge
> cases, obscure operation will probably not show up in your simulations.
>
> Jay S.
>
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