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Hi! Where can I download a copy of PSPICE?
Thanks.
Thanks.
You can ask 3 more times, and it still will be a commercialHi! Where can I download a copy of PSPICE?
Thanks.
Chuck said:You can ask 3 more times, and it still will be a commercial
product.
If you want a good PSPICE compatible spice implementation, that
is available for no charge, try doing a google on: Linear Technology SwitcherCAD
Just doing a google search using the keywords "download pspice" I found
quite a few student versions available.
Chuck said:Ok, I'll bite, why would anyone want a clipped down student version when
a complete professional spice that is compatible with PSPICE is available
from Linear Technology for free?
-Chuck
Chuck Harris said:Ok, I'll bite, why would anyone want a clipped down student version when
a complete professional spice that is compatible with PSPICE is available
from Linear Technology for free?
Joel said:The usual reasons are because (1) your educational institute has been using
PSpice (it's been around a lot longer than LTSpice has) and most people would
rather bug their classmates/professor if something doesn't work than take
their chances in the Internet (and most professors take a very hands-off
approach on actively changing software they've been using for a decade) or (2)
it has some feature you need (again because your school is using them), such
as support for specific transistor level models that LTSpice doesn't.
For a home hobbyist, I can't imagine when you'd head the PSpice route.
Oh yeah, one final reason... when I was in graduate school, it was required
that you use *HSpice* (which, although quite powerful in absolute terms, is
crap on a power per dollar scale) for your designs so that all the results
could be compared "fairly" (the assignments were to design, e.g., an op-amp or
something with whatever specs, and in general the specs were somewhat
difficult to meet at *all* -- many people didn't, but still get plenty of
partial credit and did fine in the class -- and they didn't want the choice to
simulator to place into how well you did).
[snip]... when I was in graduate school, it was required
that you use *HSpice* (which, although quite powerful in absolute terms, is
crap on a power per dollar scale) ...
Jim Thompson said:The worst piece-a-crap _ever_, and still in use in many major
companies :-(
Wasn't there some rumor that Cadence was going to change the ORCAD Capture
backend simulator to HSpice?
Just kidding...