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Hi, My question is regarding the comparison of simulation softwares. Which one of the aforementioned softwares is the best one? And why? Is there any other software which is even better than these?
Depends how you define 'best'. For me, LTspice is best 'cos it's freeware. Most Helpful Member. I only use Protues as I don't need circuit analysis There is an addon for that, but I never bothered. Mosaic Well-Known Member. Mosaic said:. Click to expand It partly depends upon your budget.
Willen Well-Known Member. OrCAD was never free. In the late 80's early 90's OrCAD capture was indeed a wonderful, small app capture and eventually simulate and PCB - but I think it was acquired by Cadence and the latest iterations the ones I've seen are humongous.
Thanks for all the responses. This area looks like a real headache! I can understand how all these incompatibilities make things troublesome, and especially the lack of "tolerance" for event-driven simulations.
What a mess. At least now I have a better idea of what is going on with these simulators. The most important thing to remember is, a simulator is simply a numerically computed environment. It is only as representative of reality, as the models you use, and the circuit you build.
If you ignore parasitic components that happen to be significant to behavior, that's your problem -- no simulator can anticipate such things! Ansys, in the five to six digit tier , which computes the parasitics directly, but you're still subject to the quality of component models. You might further be concerned about thermal performance, which such simulators can model, too if you want to pay for it.. Multisim and LTSpice are both fine to use. For most things, I highly prefer Multisim, but it has some weird bugs when simulating certain things.
It is absolutely great for frequency response simulations for filters circuits etc LTSpice is good for all the other things, only very slow, tedious and clumsy in my opinion especially the user interface , but you get results.
Keep in mind, simulations are only good to get a rough idea how circuits work. See it as a good starting point. Considering that when I graduated EE school, the HP35 had just been introduced and I had a plug-in 4 function calculator, these new gadgets are pretty nice.
I'm using LTspice and, for my limited needs, it works well. True masters in that environment! One cool thing you can do with LTspice is model op amp integrators and build up an analog computer. It is even easier in Matlab with Simulink. With not much budget as a non-professional hobbyist for simulators, I guess it is looking more and more like I should be focusing my efforts to learning LTSpice as a simulator for starting theory, and then going straight to building the circuits or parts thereof to measure effects.
I gather that LTSpice is freeware? Quote from: hurricanehenry on August 04, , pm. That a practical circuit and some measurement tools are still needed.
Just my 2 cents. Pspice Landing Page. Multisim Landing Page. Suggest changes. Pspice videos. Multisim videos. Reviews These are some of the external sources and on-site user reviews we've used to compare Pspice and Multisim. Pspice Reviews Electronic circuit design and simulation software list To pSpice — this is a demo version circuit simulator from Penzar.
To pSpice is a mixed mode mixed signal digital,analog, behavioral simulation software. It offers both Pspice and Hspice compatible simulation of circuits. Source: www. Multisim Reviews Best circuit simulation software for electronics engineers Multisim electronics circuit simulation software is based on Berkeley SPICE and comes in both free and paid additions. MultiSim , the circuit maker software enables you to capture circuits, create layouts, analyse circuits and simulation.
Highlight features include exploring breadboard in 3D before lab assignment submission, create printed circuit boards PCB etc. Source: microcontrollerslab.
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