
Re: what is the best computer software for electronics simulatio
On Jan 4, 2:33 pm, "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgro...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Bearded Occam" <BeardedOc...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > I have been quite happy with LTSpice. My thought is: Don't pay for
> > anything until you exceed the capabilities of LTSpice.
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> Agreed, although I might add that everyone who become a proficient LTSpice
> user might want to download the freely available manuals for things like,
> e.g., PSpice to get some idea of what they're "missing."
>
> Unfortunately PSpice has been left to languish for years now by Cadence, with
> little or no improvements.

It still has a lot more features than LTspice,
> although LTspice also has the various proprietary devices used with switching
> power supplies that no other well-known SPICE has... not to mention that if
> you want to use Linear Devices' models for their switching controller ICs,
> LTspice is the only way to do it.
Quite agreed. I used PSpice in grad school, and I may still have the
5.25" floppy. Closer to home, I have had to look up SPICE language
when inserting third party models into LTSpice, and trying to
understand some of the subtleties.