Ian. I went on your recommendation for DXP and ordered it before the end of last year. I thought you had posted they were shipping SP2, so I raised cane with Altium when I didn't see SP2 delivered with my order. Altium sales said they were not shipping SP2 , but were kind enough to cut me CD.
Mike Reagan EDSI ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Spice simulator > On 09:52 AM 15/01/2003 -0500, Dan said: > >Greetings all, > > We are thinking of upgrading our 99se to DXP. How is the spice/circuit > >simulator of DXP vs 99se? Does it actually function? > >Thanks, > >Dan > > > > > > > Does SPICE 3f5 work? That is you real question. P99SE is pretty much SPICE > 3f5. DXP does have some mods to 3f5 I think - I only think this from some > discussions on the DXP forum, not from any inside knowledge. > > P99SE sim works but has a funny (read brain dead) manner of integrating > models and macro-models. I used to use it a bit for SIM. > > DXP has a much better method of integrating models and subckts (but there > is a poorly documented catch). As well it has *much* better post > processing (waveform display). > > It still has some problems with temperature sweeps I think (maybe this has > been fixed now). > > But like all simulators, especially SPICE based ones, it has all the old > convergence issues. The key here is understanding the cause of convergence > issues and good models and subckts (which can be the hardest part). > > Ian Wilson > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
