LTSpice/SwitcherCAD III |
Simulating circuits on your computer is a good learning tool and there is a range of software for doing this using Spice, a circuit analysis program. Linear Technology has one of the easier versions that I have tried called LTspice/SwitcherCad III. You can download a free copy from their website here.
For a general description of Spice check out the Spice Home Page.
For an introductory tutorial, go to An LTSpice Tutorial. I give a demonstration of some useful calculations in LTSpice Analysis and the DOD Overdrive 250 and LTSpice AC Analysis with the BMP Tone Stack.
You will also find LTSpice examples throughout the Parts section of this site.
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wrangler said:
Here’s another good free (lite) SPICE program: SIMetrix. I find it easier to use than LTSpice, and it is not heavily oriented toward switching power supply applications (LTSpice is SwitcherCad). I do mostly RF and linear power supply applications. A friend who designs radio receivers recommended it to me.
It imports netlists just fine from Eagle 4.16 and from other SPICE models.
Posted 12.02.2010 at 4:50 pm