I sometimes use LTSpuce for analogie simulations where many different positive and negative voltages are present as my skills ate inferior when it comes to electronics, I especially did this when figuring out how to design coupling stages and driving stages for the A-201 Polyatron some years back.
/Martin On Tuesday 26 March 2024 at 21:20:07 UTC+1 gregebert wrote: > I've heard of Proteus and Falstad, but never looked into them because I'm > entrenched in my current suite of free CAD tools and so far I havn't seen > anything that will nudge me out. The biggest fear I have is that a tool > will get abandoned, so having them installed on my local system is a must. > So far, the gEDA tools haven't been abandoned yet, but it's been a few > months since the latest update. > > On Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 12:45:02 AM UTC-7 Tom Nolan wrote: > >> I've been using Proteus for many years. I'm sure I've saved lots of >> money on wasted boards. Also often see better ways of doing things while >> simulating. >> >> Tom >> >> On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 11:41 AM gregebert <greg...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Just curious to know how many of you run logic and/or analog simulations >>> on your designs before doing a PCB, or if you do any prototyping. >>> >>> Since I'm a longtime designer of IC's, I rely heavily on simulations: >>> ngspice for the analog sections, verilog for the entire PCB (logic, FPGA if >>> any, and analog). Once that is done, I go straight to PCBs with no >>> prototyping. So far, I've only had 1 project that required any 'blue wires' >>> to fix a design error. >>> >>> -- >>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "neonixie-l" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/acf7f9a1-2cf2-4997-9f21-9ae30c929960n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/acf7f9a1-2cf2-4997-9f21-9ae30c929960n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/0edc537b-5dc4-4fd0-be01-c682943e52d0n%40googlegroups.com.