At work they are moving to a new set of ECAD tools in the hear future.
Right now we dont even have a simulation software package - we simply have Capture 16.2
For the love of all that is holy i dont understand how a $700 million dollar revenue company can not own a SPICE program for their electrical engineers - its beyond absurd in my book.
So i use LTSpice to simulate my circuits - my design flow has been design - simulate - build - test
thats simply the best (IMO) way to work - most efficient, most likely to find mistakes early, most likely to get it right the 1st time.
seems that now they are looking at moving to Altium's suite of tools.
has anyone even used this crap before?
i have always perceived PSpice as the market leader in SPICE software - i really think their advanced analysis package looks extremely impressive and useful as well. the parts stress analysis, specifications checking etc - it all seems so incredibly useful as a first "dummy" proofing step.
has anyone used that package?
what are the benefits in terms of accuracy in the costly programs like PSpice etc vs a freebie program like LTSpice?
are they non-trivial differences in the models? differences in algorithms? less bells and whistles?
what are we missing out on, essentially, what can i hound these morons about to try and get us the good tools for once!
Right now we dont even have a simulation software package - we simply have Capture 16.2
For the love of all that is holy i dont understand how a $700 million dollar revenue company can not own a SPICE program for their electrical engineers - its beyond absurd in my book.
So i use LTSpice to simulate my circuits - my design flow has been design - simulate - build - test
thats simply the best (IMO) way to work - most efficient, most likely to find mistakes early, most likely to get it right the 1st time.
seems that now they are looking at moving to Altium's suite of tools.
has anyone even used this crap before?
i have always perceived PSpice as the market leader in SPICE software - i really think their advanced analysis package looks extremely impressive and useful as well. the parts stress analysis, specifications checking etc - it all seems so incredibly useful as a first "dummy" proofing step.
has anyone used that package?
what are the benefits in terms of accuracy in the costly programs like PSpice etc vs a freebie program like LTSpice?
are they non-trivial differences in the models? differences in algorithms? less bells and whistles?
what are we missing out on, essentially, what can i hound these morons about to try and get us the good tools for once!