Re: [PEDA] [PROTEL EDA USERS]: Q:Adding Spice Models

2001-05-07 Thread Rolf Molitor
The nodes for the controlling input of the controlled sources are set in brackets in the models supplied from analog devices, like Gx 1 0 (2,0) 1 Try without brackets like Gx 1 0 2 0 1. The analog models from protel are ok like this. I think there is an article in the protel knowledge base that

Re: [PEDA] [PROTEL EDA USERS]: SUSTITUTION OF MODELS

2001-05-07 Thread Rolf Molitor
Iris, the TLC271 has programmable bias setting capability. If you do not need this feature for simulation take the LMC6081 from National, which is close to the Texas OP. The model is supplied by protel with the standard simulation models for OPAMPS, to be found in the ..\Design Explorer 99

Re: [PEDA] [PROTEL EDA USERS]: What's Gmin?

2001-05-07 Thread Rolf Molitor
Iris, yes, i have seen this too. It seems to be a bug, because the simulation results look ok. Lets report it to Protel. GMIN is one of the spice variables. Actually its the conductance (1/R) of the resistors that spice places in parallel with any semiconductor p-n junction during the simulation

Re: [PEDA] [PROTEL EDA USERS]: SUSTITUTION OF MODELS

2001-05-07 Thread Rolf Molitor
The TLC271 has programmable bias setting capability. If you do not need this feature for simulation take the LMC6081 from National, which is close to the Texas OP. The model is supplied by protel with the standard simulation models for OPAMPS, to be found in the ..\Design Explorer 99

Re: [PEDA] Spice should be Spice

2001-08-16 Thread Rolf Molitor
engine which is an 'enhanced and extended version of Spice3'. But its backward compatible to Spice, so you can use every 'real' Spice model. Rolf Molitor i2e Systemelektronik Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Fabian Hartery [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: 'Protel EDA Forum' [EMAIL

Re: [PEDA] Printing problems

2001-08-28 Thread Rolf Molitor
the system. Best way may be to remove all printer drivers, reinstall them one by one, starting with your preferred protel printer and try printing until you find the troublemaker. If none works, you have to reinstall protel first. Rolf Molitor i2e Systemelektronik Remscheid / Germany

Re: [PEDA] Simulation Parameter Sweeps

2001-09-03 Thread Rolf Molitor
be much much more useful. I am getting angry when i see these ugly grey boxes and can not do anything against them. What about a handful of additional models in every SP ? That shouldnt be to difficult ? Rolf Molitor Systemelektronik i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von

Re: [PEDA] Does anyone have fixed spice simulation libraries for the basic components?

2001-10-31 Thread Rolf Molitor
Ken, please be more specific, what parts do not work ? There were some problems in the past concerning the transformer library but i think that this has been fixed. Some of the models may still use pspice syntax which is not compatible with the xspice engine of protel. Rolf Molitor

Re: [PEDA] SPICE Documentation - A good Book anyone ?

2001-11-21 Thread Rolf Molitor
documentation about XSPICE from the University of Georgia/Atlanta. Do a search about XSPICE with google and you will find many information about that. We were looking for good books about XSPICE some time ago and found none. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht

Re: [PEDA] License number not accepted

2001-12-17 Thread Rolf Molitor
The license number 99xx worked for me. It is important to enter the name/company exactly as it is in the altium customer database. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid/Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Andrew Ircha [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [PEDA] Client99se schematics to EDIF 2.0

2002-01-03 Thread Rolf Molitor
Happy new year. ?? What means 'schematic translated to edif2.0' if it dose not mean 'create netlist in edif2.0', what should be no problem ?? Rolf Molitor Ingenieurbuero i2e Remscheid/Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Dennis Saputelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL

Re: [PEDA] Simulation Setup

2002-01-15 Thread Rolf Molitor
The settings are stored in a [schematic_name].cfg file, which usually is located in the same folder as the schematic (when using the ddb-system). Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid/Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Jason Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum (E-mail

Re: [PEDA] Tasking tools

2002-01-15 Thread Rolf Molitor
When did you get them ? Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid/Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Ben Uijtenhaak [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Januar 2002 11:02 Betreff: Re: [PEDA] Tasking tools Yes! Ben Uijtenhaak [EMAIL

Re: [PEDA] Illegal Operation crash

2002-01-21 Thread Rolf Molitor
is the troublemaker (hopefully not your default printer). Rolf Molitor Ingenieurbuero i2e Remscheid/Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 21. Januar 2002 17:36 Betreff: [PEDA] Illegal Operation crash Hello all

Re: [PEDA] Tasking Offer

2002-02-06 Thread Rolf Molitor
start at the end of february. He apologized for the delay and offered me a demo version to play with until the real thing arrives. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid/Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Mark Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet

Re: [PEDA] View PCB 3D

2002-02-06 Thread Rolf Molitor
I hope that it will be possible to edit 3D models in the (soon coming) Phoenix. Do not wait for such an upgrade for P99SE. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid/Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Tommy Åkesson [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet

Re: [PEDA] Pasting simulation graph into Word

2002-03-06 Thread Rolf Molitor
. Postscript), using a Windows standard postscript printer like Linotronic100. Then import the EPS-file to Corel Paint (!) and export it as .GIF-file (or .bmp or .tif or ...). Then import it as graphics to Word. Works great for me. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany

Re: [PEDA] SMD footprints for wavesoldering

2002-03-08 Thread Rolf Molitor
Peder, you can find some information about semiconductor footprints here (Philips): http://www-us8.semiconductors.com/acrobat/various/SC01_MOUNTING_1996_1.pdf R.Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Peder K. Hellegaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA

Re: [PEDA] Layers set in Protel?

2002-03-09 Thread Rolf Molitor
Write macros for that purpose and place them in the templates.ddb. I think you can already find an example macro for changing layers there. Then assign your macros to keys under customize/shortcut keys. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid/Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Yuriy

Re: [PEDA] spice models

2002-04-02 Thread Rolf Molitor
by the protel simulator. There is not much literature about XSpice available in the net, the original manual comes from the georgia institute of technology in atlanta/georgia/usa, you can order one there (but it is not free, i guess). The www.intusoft.com page is a good point to start searching. Rolf

Re: [PEDA] SV: Tasking software

2002-04-03 Thread Rolf Molitor
Got mine a week ago. And it is great ! Rolf Molitor Ingenieurbuero i2e Remscheid/Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Peder K. Hellegaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. April 2002 15:43 Betreff: [PEDA] SV: Tasking software Neither

[PEDA] Was: Simulation, timestep too small

2002-04-16 Thread Rolf Molitor
/100 of the cycle time (limited steps), what nails the timestep to the declared maximum. It helped me out in some situations, particularly in some circuits with positiv feedback (like comparators). Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany

Re: [PEDA] Simulation woes

2002-06-26 Thread Rolf Molitor
use the generic spice model mosfet (mq? !), a model file (irf840.mdl) with the model parameters for the generic mosfet model has to be in the library path. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Ian Rozowsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum

Re: [PEDA] Simulation woes

2002-06-27 Thread Rolf Molitor
for parts from International Rectifiers. They would be referenced in 'read-only field 3' as: file={Model_Path}\IR\parttype.ckt (or .mdl, in a special schematic library for that kind of parts, as the reference field is read-only and can not be changed 'on the fly' in the schematic editor). Rolf

Re: [PEDA] AW: SPICE sim question

2002-06-30 Thread Rolf Molitor
That has nothing to do with circuit simulation. You were just joking, right ? Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Georg Beckmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: 'Protel EDA Forum' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Samstag, 29. Juni 2002 14:25 Betreff: [PEDA] AW

Re: [PEDA] AW: SPICE sim question

2002-07-02 Thread Rolf Molitor
. No new fancy gimmicks please, keep it simple (no least cost calculator). Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Gary Packman [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 2. Juli 2002 10:50 Betreff: Re: [PEDA] AW: SPICE sim

Re: [PEDA] Port length will not change

2002-07-03 Thread Rolf Molitor
Sounds like you have the Orcad Ports enabled. (Tools/Preferences) Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Jenkins, Charlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: 'PEDA' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. Juli 2002 15:08 Betreff: [PEDA] Port length

Re: [PEDA] pdf output

2002-07-16 Thread Rolf Molitor
I am using PDFWriter 4.0 and print all documents works fine for me. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Jeff Adolphs [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. Juli 2002 17:11 Betreff: Re: [PEDA] pdf output

Re: [PEDA] DXP: Unable to set secondary step Value in Parameter Sweep

2002-08-09 Thread Rolf Molitor
P99SE/SP6 shows the same behaviour but there you can ignore the error messages and do the simulation run with positive values even if Protel calls for negative ones . Do the simulation runs ok in DXP if you ignore the messages ? Did you already reported the behaviour to Altium ? Rolf Molitor

Re: [PEDA] DXP: Unable to set secondary step Value in Parameter Sweep

2002-08-09 Thread Rolf Molitor
I am interested in the other problems you found working with the DXP simulator. Can you give us some hints ? Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Tim Hutcheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8

Re: [PEDA] Simulating with load transfer function

2002-08-21 Thread Rolf Molitor
. It could have been at www.intusoft.com or www.pspice.com (you may have to register to get into the support area and be aware that PSPICE is no XSPICE simulator and has some functions of its own). Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Tim Hutcheson

Re: [PEDA] Simulating with load transfer function

2002-08-21 Thread Rolf Molitor
in the protel sim.ddb. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Rolf Molitor [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. August 2002 19:12 Betreff: Re: [PEDA] Simulating with load transfer function Tim, what about

Re: [PEDA] Simulation Function Block, PWLR

2002-09-27 Thread Rolf Molitor
the part type as a parameter (%) ? Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Thomas Josefsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Freitag, 27. September 2002 03:41 Betreff: Re: [PEDA] Simulation Function Block, PWLR I

Re: [PEDA] Simulation Function Block, PWLR

2002-09-30 Thread Rolf Molitor
not inserts the value of the part type instead of '%v', the compiler itself seems to know how to handle '%%vd'). Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Thomas Josefsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Sonntag, 29

Re: [PEDA] Simulation Function Block, PWLR

2002-10-01 Thread Rolf Molitor
Thomas, i tried it with the boolean values TRUE and FALSE for the fraction parameter and it worked for me. If fraction is selected TRUE the input_domain parameter has the meaning of percentage (0.1 means 10%). So the 100 you choose might be a problem too. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid

Re: [PEDA] Protel 99SE Simulator Piecewise Linear Current Source

2002-10-04 Thread Rolf Molitor
inserted the data from the file into the pwl statement, but it doesn't. I once asked Protel about it but never got any answer. Try contacting Altium once again on this matter, just to make sure. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Alfonso Baz [EMAIL

Re: [PEDA] help: basic analog circuit simulation in p99se6, win2k

2002-11-12 Thread Rolf Molitor
problems (convergence) are spice related and are no P99 issues. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid/Germany -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Julian Higginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: 'Protel EDA Forum' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. November 2002 08:33 Betreff: [PEDA] help: basic

Re: [PEDA] position dialog

2002-11-22 Thread Rolf Molitor
No, you are not the only one. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Freitag, 22. November 2002 11:22 Betreff: Re: [PEDA] position dialog I keep receiving this message about every 5 minutes. Are others seeing it as well (a

Re: [PEDA] Transformers

2003-04-02 Thread Rolf Molitor
The models in the Libraries supplied with the original 99SE CDs have errors, but in the latest library updates they seem to be ok. Have also a look at the websites of other simulaton packages for more transformer/inductor models (e.g. intusoft). Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany

Re: [PEDA] How to change drawing order?

2003-10-08 Thread Rolf Molitor
Hi, Tools Preferences Display Layer Drawing Order Regards Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Urspr 1ngliche Nachricht- Von: Mr. Zhang Yangtian [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Protel?? 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. Oktober 2003 16:48 Betreff: [PEDA] How

[PEDA] Fw: component focus

2003-10-13 Thread Rolf Molitor
Hi Leo, that behaviour is ok. You can not give teh focus to a component in the pcb editor like you are used to in the schematic editor. Regards Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany -Urspr ngliche Nachricht- Von: Leo Potjewijd [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [PEDA] Simulation woes

2003-11-05 Thread Rolf Molitor
The 'M' in the designators MQ1 and MQ2 may let the simulator look for a MOSFET model. But you want the IRF840 to be handled like a subcircuit (as stated in library field #3). Try changing the designators to Q1 and Q2. Rolf Molitor Ing.-Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany - Original Message

Re: [PEDA] Why simulation fails for TI's OPAMP?

2004-01-31 Thread Rolf Molitor
A quick guess ... change the name of the controlled source EGND. The problem might be the 'GND' in the name. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany - Original Message - From: Mr. Zhang Yangtian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004

Re: [PEDA] changing power symbols

2004-08-01 Thread Rolf Molitor
you select Properties you will see what bitmap file this power object uses. Just edit the bitmap to change the view of the power object. Regards Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid / Germany - Original Message - From: Dennis Saputelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL

Re: [PEDA] changing power symbols

2004-08-02 Thread Rolf Molitor
. Rolf Molitor Ing.Buero i2e Remscheid/Germany - Original Message - From: Leo Potjewijd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] changing power symbols At 31-7-2004 13:34