I've been using LTSpice and Micro Cap 11 for circuit simulations for a short time, I'm still learning some things, mostly on simulation settings. My focus is photovoltaic cells, which are simple circuits (but it took me a while to simulate them).
My professor told be about ADS (Advanced Design System), a Keysight software that is (very) expensive and, by his words, the best to simulate circuits, yet better at simulating at high frequency. I knew ADS as a T-CAD software, which should model and simulate semiconductor devices, and not as a circuit simulator. It's quite hard to learn how to use this software, because I don't have ways to use it at home, and coming to university everytime just to do tutorials is quite... unpractical.
Ok, when I (and if I ever) start modeling semiconductor devices, ADS is a no brainer. But for circuit simulation, do you think that LTSpice and/or Micro Cap 11 are enough or I should really start messing with ADS? I choose these two because they're free (I'm from Brazil, so spending even US$60 on softwares is quite expensive) and have a good fame on electronics community, but I'm afraid that I'm losing something ignoring ADS for now.
Thanks in advance,
Henrique.
My professor told be about ADS (Advanced Design System), a Keysight software that is (very) expensive and, by his words, the best to simulate circuits, yet better at simulating at high frequency. I knew ADS as a T-CAD software, which should model and simulate semiconductor devices, and not as a circuit simulator. It's quite hard to learn how to use this software, because I don't have ways to use it at home, and coming to university everytime just to do tutorials is quite... unpractical.
Ok, when I (and if I ever) start modeling semiconductor devices, ADS is a no brainer. But for circuit simulation, do you think that LTSpice and/or Micro Cap 11 are enough or I should really start messing with ADS? I choose these two because they're free (I'm from Brazil, so spending even US$60 on softwares is quite expensive) and have a good fame on electronics community, but I'm afraid that I'm losing something ignoring ADS for now.
Thanks in advance,
Henrique.