Re: SPICE on entered schamatic(s)

From: Mike Engelhardt (nospam_at_spam.org)
Date: 03/24/05

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    Chuck,

    >> It seems that Linear Technology does not have LTSpice
    >> available for download. Furthermore the only version
    >> available seems to be exclusively for switchers.
    >
    > LTSpice is just our pet name for it, it is called
    > LTSwitcherCAD, or something like that.

    The "official" name is LTspice/SwitcherCAD III. There
    was once an edict to change the name simply to LTspice,
    which is the name I prefer but I didn't want to lose the
    name recognition of "SwitcherCAD", so both LTspice and
    SwitcherCAD III are intended to be synonyms. BTW, the
    "III" did not come from the "3" in SPICE3. It was the
    third major piece of the sales collateral called
    "SwitcherCAD". Also, the preferred case is LTspice,
    not LTSpice. It's a trademark. I'm not interested in
    hearing how messy this all is -- it's what happens to
    get the thing funded.

    Maybe I should bow to an example from the music industry
    and change the name to some unpronounceable symbol. Then
    we'd have "The Simulator Formerly Known as Either
    LTspice or SwitcherCAD III."

    > As I understand it, the program is funded as a
    > marketing tool for LT's switching regulator division,
    > but it is really an extremely full feature spice
    > simulator with switching regulator extensions.

    Regards,

    -- Mike

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