I would like to use the SPICE program as I try to learn about circuits. I found the site that has the downloads. It lists two zip files; DOS binary and DOS source. I don't know which to download. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

What are you want to use a DOS based spice program?
Several on these forums (myself included) use the free LTspice Windows or Mac program from Linear Technology.

 

What are you want to use a DOS based spice program?
Several on these forums (myself included) use the free LTspice Windows or Mac program from Linear Technology.

I know very little about computers. I googled SPICE and the first result that was not food related listed the University of California Berkley. I found a long list for various operating systems. There was a statement that said none of them would work on Windows. So I thought that the DOS list was what I needed.

The education section said they used SPICE 2g6 in their lessons on circuits. I simply thought 'when in Rome do as the Romans do'.

I will go to Linear Technology and get the program you listed. Thank you very much for your information.

 

You are definitely going to want to download a binary for your operating system. If you download the source, then you will have to compile the source code to turn in into an executable program. That's not something you want to mess with at your level of experience.

There are numerous SPICE simulators out there (LTSpice is one of the main ones that is used by a lot of people), some for free and other not. Each of them has its own pros and cons. I second the recommendation to get LTSpice as your starting point. There are several tutorials to help you get started and people here can give you quite a bit of help, too.

 

You are definitely going to want to download a binary for your operating system. If you download the source, then you will have to compile the source code to turn in into an executable program. That's not something you want to mess with at your level of experience.

There are numerous SPICE simulators out there (LTSpice is one of the main ones that is used by a lot of people), some for free and other not. Each of them has its own pros and cons. I second the recommendation to get LTSpice as your starting point. There are several tutorials to help you get started and people here can give you quite a bit of help, too.

Thank you for illuminating binary and source and for also recommending LTSpice.

 

National Instruments, Texas Instruments, Linear Technology, and others have a version of spice. NI uses multisim, TI uses TINA and LT of course uses LTSpice.

All have some tutorials online.

 

Use Aim spice.
For scholastic integer will approach. Studied this program, you will be able more qualitative to work with LTspice and other spice-program.
http://www.aimspice.com/
http://aim-spice-student-version.software.informer.com/download/
http://external.informer.com/aimspice.com/

 

On cause of Your problem.
Binary files this performed (for instance EXE-file)
The Alternative this source files and their it is necessary to transform in binary (but you have a possibility their change). I advise to take and that and the other files. More so they not greater. But for functioning(working) take binary.