Dan Andersson wrote: > Also, choosing commercial softwares for homebrewer purpose running WindowsXX, > tend to end up with more or less restricted licensing agreements or even > functionality. >
In many cases but not all. switcherCAD functionality is fine. > So far, I have not ran into a brick wall in QUCS except for the total > stonewalling if I need mixed mode simulations. I still retain a copy of dear > old "SPLICE" running on my beloved VAX/VMS box if I have to mix analog and > digital junk... > I have downloaded it. Takes ages to compile - pity there are no binaries like Kicad - and gave it a try. GUI interface is fine. However it seems very picky about the format of component values. You can't put in 100R or 100K for example for resistor values. For 100K you have to put 100 kOhm (it chokes on Ohms or ohms) or write 100000. Rather counter intuitive IMHO. It is silly details like this that out people off. After all there are pretty standard ways of expressing component values and to not follow those conventions seems silly. Ian
