Simulation with the SchematicEditor
The ability to generate any kind of text based netlists together with the macro feature makes it possible to integrate simulators into the user interface. This integration can simply be done by anyone by writing a short macro. For the most common simulators such a macro is shipped with the SchematicEditor. A macro set for these simulators is included:
LTspice
LTspice IV is a free high performance Spice III from Linear Technology. It is porgrammed for Microsoft Windows, but works well with wine under Linux. It is shipped with a installer and will by default installed in drive C: in the Program Files folder. If you don't have changed this default you can run the shipped LTspice trigger macros without any setup. If you have installed it in a different location, please adjust the line f.filename="/your/LTspice/path"; of the macro to your installation. Three macro for LTspice are shipped: trigger the simulation with wave form viewer, trigger the simulation with text output and view only the netlist. You will find these macros at the menu item Simulation of the SchematicEditor. |
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See also: LTSpice, LTSpiceLibrary |
ngspice
Ngspice is a mixed-level/mixed-signal circuit simulator. Its code is based on three open source software packages: Spice3f5, Cider1b1 and Xspice. The simulator is GPL licensed and runs on most platforms. It is shipped as source code, but there are binary packages for Microsoft Windows and it is included in some Linux distributions. If it is shipped with your distribution the shipped macros will run without any adjustments. Also it will run on Windows without adjustment, if you uncompress it in the same folder lever like your LayoutEditor installation (see below). Please check the file permissions, if you install it in the 'Program Files' folder. In all other cases you need to adjust the macro to your installation path. Three macro for ngspice are shipped: trigger the simulation with wave form viewer, trigger the simulation with text output and view only the ngspice netlist. You will find these macros at the menu item Simulation of the SchematicEditor. |
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See also: ngspice |
Qucs
Analog to LTspice and ngspice there are tree macros to trigger a Qucs simulation: trigger the simulation with wave form viewer, trigger the simulation with text output and view only the ngspice netlist. You will find these macros at the menu item Simulation of the SchematicEditor. In most cases you need to adjust a path in the macro to use it. |
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See also: Qucs , QucsLibrary |
HSPICE
The HSpice simulation works analog to the Qucs and LTspice simulation. The macro expects the hspice installation at /opt/synopsys/hspice/suse32/hspice. If you use an other installation location, please adjust the macro. Also the enviourment variable SNPSLMD_LICENSE_FILE had to be set to get the license key. Only two macros are shipped for HSpice: one will show the netlist and the other will trigger the simulation and start the wave form viewer. |
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See also: SimulationWithHSPice |
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