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Grex Radio Item 25: Circuit design Software
Entered by eprom on Sat Jan 8 03:51:58 UTC 2000:

This isn't strictly a Radio question...but since there isn't a EE cf, 
I figure this is the best place. :)

anywho, Has anyone had any experince with Computer based circuit simulation
softwares like SPICE?

Which do you think is a better program Electronic Workbench or Circuit maker?

what did you like about it? 
what didn't you like?
was it realistic in function?
 
 When I was in High School, I took a year of Electonics/automation technology
 class.
This was back in 96 and one of my favorite things in the class was, a computer
with  Electonic WorkBench 4 installed. I played with it for hours and hours
designing wierd circuits and watching if my creation yielded a cool
waveform....hehe.

Im sure there are other great SW packages other than EWB and
CircuitMaker...could someone point me in the right direction??

5 responses total.

#1 of 5 by gull on Sat Jan 8 05:27:16 2000:

I've used PSPICE and B^2 SPICE, but not either of the packages you
mentioned.

#2 of 5 by eprom on Sun Jan 9 02:48:06 2000:

I downloaded TopSpice yesterday and played with it for about a half hour.
I didn't like it, It felt too CAD like, where you have to input all the
information manually. EWB4 is nice because at the side is a toolbar with
all the components, just click on the picture and drag it to where you want
it placed, then click on a component lead and drag you cursor to connect a
"wire" to another component. its so simple even a 5 year old could figure it
out. :)

even though I've never played with Circuit Maker, it appears to be almost the
same as EWB...both were priced around $299. the last time I checked.

#3 of 5 by gull on Sun Jan 9 04:37:14 2000:

B^2 SPICE lets you assemble a circuit graphically, as well.  PSPICE requires
you to write a text file describing the circuit.

#4 of 5 by n8nxf on Mon Jan 10 12:10:37 2000:

I've played with EWB a little bit and had a lot of fun with it.  From
what I read, Spice lets you model stuff that you can't with EWB.  Spice
lets you tweek the nuts and bolts.

#5 of 5 by eprom on Mon Jan 10 17:23:47 2000:

a guy on USENET suggested http://www.orcad.com which looked interesting
but their price was around $4995 for there millennia suite package..
thats way outta my price range....hehe and I thought EWB was expensive :P

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