Spice that can EASILY handle three-phase and such
Spice that can EASILY handle three-phase and such
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I am looking for a simulator that is more power than standard Spice and more electronics oriented than APT. The Electronics Workbench seemed to be such a program but I can't find it any more. I think it has changed name to Circuit Logix Pro, but not sure.
Are there other programs available that can handle the intimate details of a fast voltage comparator, some CMOS logic, a thyristor or IGBT, a three-phase transformer and associated breaker and PFC capacitors?
I don't mind paying some money for it, but want to keep costs below around a few thousand dollars.
Are there other programs available that can handle the intimate details of a fast voltage comparator, some CMOS logic, a thyristor or IGBT, a three-phase transformer and associated breaker and PFC capacitors?
I don't mind paying some money for it, but want to keep costs below around a few thousand dollars.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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RE: Spice that can EASILY handle three-phase and such
What is APT?
I believe Electronics Workbench got bought by National Instruments and is now integrated with MultiSim (http://www.ni.com/multisim/).
Beige Bag (http://www.beigebag.com/v5_features) has a nice Spice tool. We have a license but I haven't used it in years as LTSpice is a bit simpler to work with.
Z
RE: Spice that can EASILY handle three-phase and such
APT should probably read ATP and is an alternate transient program that can be used instead of ETAP, which is a heavy and expensive program for power generation and distribution.
I was hoping to find a low cost program that combines electronics with power generation and distribution. I have been lookin for that for a while and I am not so sure it exists. LT4 doesn't have any limitations that I know about, so I guess I will have to learn how to create subcircuits for three-phase power applications.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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Half full - Half empty? I don't mind. It's what in it that counts.
RE: Spice that can EASILY handle three-phase and such
RE: Spice that can EASILY handle three-phase and such
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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Half full - Half empty? I don't mind. It's what in it that counts.
RE: Spice that can EASILY handle three-phase and such
So, LT it is. Good, available and lowest cost possible. Schematics can be made to look good if you eliminate some of the data associated with the components from the drawing.
Thanks to Linear!
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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Half full - Half empty? I don't mind. It's what in it that counts.
RE: Spice that can EASILY handle three-phase and such
RE: Spice that can EASILY handle three-phase and such
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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Half full - Half empty? I don't mind. It's what in it that counts.