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It's Official... PSpice Schematics v10.3!

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Jim Thompson

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Newsgroups: alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
Subject: PSpice Schematics v10.3 Is Official! -
PSpiceSchematicsv10p3.gif
Message-ID: <[email protected]>

...Jim Thompson
 
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Ken Smith

See....

Newsgroups: alt.binaries.schematics.electronic

My ISP doesn't think there is such a group and Deja doesn't archive the
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Jim Thompson

My ISP doesn't think there is such a group and Deja doesn't archive the
binary groups. How do I view that group?

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Change ISPs ?:)

It was just a screen shot of v10.3 showing markers and bias indicators
still functioning.

Only a big deal if you're in to PSpice Schematics as a front-end.

...Jim Thompson
 
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Melvin Stevens

This has been in SuperSpice for quite some time. :) :) <grin>

Melvin Stevens
 
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Jim Thompson

This has been in SuperSpice for quite some time. :) :) <grin>

Melvin Stevens
[snip]

Whoopy Doo!

It's been in PSpice as long as I can remember. The problem was one of
whether OrCAD/Cadence was going to continue its support, or whether a
bunch of us would bail to another simulator.

Please don't start about simulators that I consider to be toys... this
is a documentation/how-I-earn-my-living issue.

...Jim Thompson
 
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Ken Smith

Change ISPs ?:)

It was just a screen shot of v10.3 showing markers and bias indicators
still functioning.

Only a big deal if you're in to PSpice Schematics as a front-end.

For sim. I use LTSpice. For product schematics, I use Orcad for DOS. For
me, Spice is mostly about checking my math.
 
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qrk

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Newsgroups: alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
Subject: PSpice Schematics v10.3 Is Official! -
PSpiceSchematicsv10p3.gif
Message-ID: <[email protected]>

...Jim Thompson

Did they add anything new or is it still the same?

Mark
 
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PaulCsouls

For sim. I use LTSpice. For product schematics, I use Orcad for DOS. For
me, Spice is mostly about checking my math.

--

I heard rumors that Orcad for DOS was now freeware.

Paul C
 
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Joel Kolstad

Ken Smith said:
For sim. I use LTSpice. For product schematics, I use Orcad for DOS. For
me, Spice is mostly about checking my math.

It must take you a long time to do worst case analysis (i.e., Monte Carlo
simulation) by hand. :)
 
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Ian

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Jim Thompson

Did they add anything new or is it still the same?

Mark

Don't know yet. I was waiting for Schematics confirmation before I
laid down my bucks.

...Jim Thompson
 
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Jim Thompson

Please don't start about simulators that I consider to be toys... this
is a documentation/how-I-earn-my-living issue.

What simulators (other than PSpice) you consider that *aren't* toys?

[]s

"Simulators" was a bad choice of words. The real issue is user
interface... the schematic entry... then the post processing of data
so that it's like looking at a lab scope.

Schematic entry is where most fall apart, clumsy to use. Also many
can't do an adequate job of hierarchical structures.

I can draw a schematic using PSpice Schematics about as fast as I can
with a pencil, which is why I swear by it so much... every motion is
intuitive and natural.

And it seems the more expensive they are the klutzier they get ;-)

...Jim Thompson
 
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Kevin Aylward

Jim said:
Please don't start about simulators that I consider to be toys...
this is a documentation/how-I-earn-my-living issue.

What simulators (other than PSpice) you consider that *aren't* toys?

[]s

"Simulators" was a bad choice of words. The real issue is user
interface... the schematic entry... then the post processing of data
so that it's like looking at a lab scope.

Oh dear...I expected more you. Why on earth do you want the output to
look like a real scope? This is the thing that makes it for the kiddies,
like the play bench electronic workshop. Secondly, PSpice doesn't do
that anyway. Its graphing is *not* a real time scope, so you seem a bit
confused in your old age.
Schematic entry is where most fall apart, clumsy to use.

SuperSpice has a brilliant GUI.
Also many
can't do an adequate job of hierarchical structures.

In what way?
I can draw a schematic using PSpice Schematics about as fast as I can
with a pencil, which is why I swear by it so much... every motion is
intuitive and natural.

As is SS. The reality is, Schematics is a bit long in the tooth. It
misses quite a lot of features, although I agree, itd better that
anything else out there, apart from SS that is.

Kevin Aylward
[email protected]
http://www.anasoft.co.uk
SuperSpice, a very affordable Mixed-Mode
Windows Simulator with Schematic Capture,
Waveform Display, FFT's and Filter Design.
 
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Ken Smith

It must take you a long time to do worst case analysis (i.e., Monte Carlo
simulation) by hand. :)

But that isn't "worst case". The real worst case is that all the parts
are at the worst extreme that the maker allows to be shipped to the
customer they like the least. ie: the parts I will actually get in
production.

It takes surprising little time to do a real worst case check on a
circuit. In a good design there is always a safety margin so all you have
to do is prove that there is still some margin not the exact amount it
will be.

Spread sheets calculate fairly quickly even under Windoz.
 
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Joel Kolstad

Ken Smith said:
But that isn't "worst case". The real worst case is that all the parts
are at the worst extreme that the maker allows to be shipped to the
customer they like the least. ie: the parts I will actually get in
production.

Fair enough, but I think that Monte Carlo analysis (assuming you set
realistic tolerances on each component's parameters) is representative of
what happens in the real world... although, OK, maybe if you're not the
'least liked' guy on the manufacturer's list!

Many simulators have a 'Yield' option that's effectively Monte Carlo
analysis where they also let you set guidelines for what a 'passing' or
'failing' circuit response is and then collect statistics about your yield.
Although obviously it would be nice if you could design circuits that always
had a 100% yield, this tends to become increasingly difficult as you
starting doing higher and higher frequency design and they are so many
variables (such as the relative premeability of your PCB's substrate) that
are difficult or merely expensive to precisely constrain. For some designs,
it's cheaper overall to accept a lower yielder with 'looser' parts than
require tighter tolerance components.

I guess my point here is that while I'd readily admit that the average
design out there probably could obtain a higher yield with no significant
change in cost, there are also times when it's entirely reasonable to accept
a lower yield just so that you can ship the @#$%@# product and get on with
life. I've heard that the IC yields on high-end 3D graphics chips are
abyssmal -- around 10% -- yet clearly there's a demand for them and it'd be
absurd to suggest that they simply shouldn't be manufactured unless the
yield could be increased.

BTW, I suspect that if you simulate any of those chips with the absolute
worst case tolerances on all the components the yield drops to 0%.

---Joel
 
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Kevin Aylward

Ken said:
But that isn't "worst case". The real worst case is that all the
parts are at the worst extreme that the maker allows to be shipped to
the customer they like the least. ie: the parts I will actually get
in production.

Yes, this is one definition of WC, the one I use, and of course, SS does
this automaticaly with a couple of button presses in the GUI.

The other definition is when components have been adjusted to give the
max/min voltages and currents, which is not the same, but you hope they
are.
It takes surprising little time to do a real worst case check on a
circuit.

If its done in a simulator, indeed. Doing it by hand is essentially,
impossible. You cant even get a closed form solution for a general 1
transister circuit, let alone one with 50 or 1000 of the buggers.
In a good design there is always a safety margin so all you
have to do is prove that there is still some margin not the exact
amount it will be.

Well, absolute proof is not possible. A WC may be 3 or 6 standard
deviations from the norm. There is always a probability of violations of
these limits. Not everything is tested and culled to its stated limit.
Spread sheets calculate fairly quickly even under Windoz.

Ahmmm...

Kevin Aylward
[email protected]
http://www.anasoft.co.uk
SuperSpice, a very affordable Mixed-Mode
Windows Simulator with Schematic Capture,
Waveform Display, FFT's and Filter Design.
 
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