PLEASE POST HERE ABOUT SOFTWARE FOR SIMULATIONS

[chiriuy]

I have my own ideas that i would like to put into practice but since where i live materials are very scarce and expensive id like to know of computer software for simulations to be able to see if any of my ideas can be taken seriously enought to get into the effor of building prototypes .

Please post here about this software.

Many thanks

[z_p_e]

Search for Orcad PSpice, student or evaluation version. Version 9 at least.

Has limits, but still quite useful.

[chiriuy]

Will do, Many thanks!

[gyulasun]

There is another free and fully functional software (a general Spice), LTspice/SwitcherCAD III here:
http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/index.jsp  Registration to download is optional.
And a yahoo group dedicated to LTSpice with lots of component models and problem solving here:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LTspice/

I have one comment for you: if you receive unusual response/results from your simulated circuit ideas, try to actually build the circuit to check it!  Softwares can play tricks with you due to incomplete models, unknown bugs etc.

rgds, Gyula

[Thaelin]

Hi there:
   Here in lies the problem with sims. For the record, I did a sim once and it gave me results that were misleading. The device worked very well and had a power factor rating making it worth the build. So I spent over $300 haveing it made. Guess you know the rest. Salvage was around $100. Be careful and make sure you go over the program many times.After its all and done, its still just a sim. Tuned LC's are a good example of what I mean. Happy simming.  ^_^

thaelin