> I partly agree here. The point why I see KTechLab in kdeedu is, because of > it's really easy to use interface. It's ready to be used in (higher) > education. Engineers do want something more practical here, don't they? Some > something that plays together with all the professional tools out there.
I see the primary use case for the parts library as: you have a datasheet, the part isn't in the library, you create a new part, inherit the differential equations from a reference part, then add the parameters from the datasheet, then try out your part in a few test circuits to make sure that the curves it puts out are in the ballpark, then party on... A slightly less common use case is that you have a part that nobody's even heard of, say the 71A. Lets say that there isn't even a DHT model yet, so you create a new class called "DHT" then using a combination of elemental properties (resistence, transconductance, capacitance) begin to rough in a model for the part, then you'd have to go find the old mathematical equations used to design the damn thing, enter those in, and then try it out... A more general issue in the simulator, is how nonlinear properties are handled... For example, the grid of a typical tube will exponentially begin to source a (classical) current to the cathode of the tube as its voltage approaches and exceeds that of the cathode... Everyone knows how to model linear stuff with matrices... I wonder if there is a similarly elegant/generalizabile technique for simulating nonlinear components so that the current iterative approach can be avoided... -- New president: Here we go again... Chemistry.com: A total rip-off. Powers are not rights. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Ktechlab-devel mailing list Ktechlab-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ktechlab-devel
