[sdiy] Circuit Simulators

[David G Dixon]

Michael,

Not sure what OSX is (I don't speak computerese, and I use a Mac), but on
Mac, you don't have to "go back to Microsoft Windows."  All you have to do
is download VMWare Fusion and then you can run Windows as a virtual machine.
That's what I do, and it's brilliant and seamless.  I run Windows XP with
the 2003 Office program through Fusion 10 (Fusion 11 wouldn't work for me),
and it's great -- even better than a standalone Windows machine, because
this Mac is a superior machine to any PC I've ever owned.

 

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From: Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] On Behalf Of
Michael E Caloroso
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 9:53 AM
To: Jay Schwichtenberg
Cc: synth-diy at synth-diy.org
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Circuit Simulators

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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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