Circuit Simulation

<< Click to Display Table of Contents >>

Navigation:  Designing a PCB with DEX > Projects >

Circuit Simulation

DEX uses the SPICE 3f5 circuit simulator.

SPICE is an analog-circuit simulator that is used to calculate and display the circuit behavior. It was originally developed at the Electronics Research Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley (1975). The source code was made freely available and has been used as the basis of many commercial simulators, and academic projects.

SPICE is a useful tool, not a magic wand, and its results should always be examined critically; in some cases it may not give results at all, for others the results may be misleading.

Sample Projects

Simulation Samples

Adding Circuit Elements

Adding Voltage and Current Sources

Always Add a Ground

Adding Instruments

The Analysis Probe

The Spice Reference Manual