Re: What to get PSPICE?

Joel Kolstad wrote:
"Chuck Harris" <cf-NO-SPAM-harris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:iMidnWrKDaukXQPYnZ2dnUVZ_qLinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxx
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?

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).

All that is well and good, but the OP didn't ask for PSPICE educational, she
asked for PSPICE. If she was in school, and using PSPICE educational (and she
would have to be to comply with the license IIRC) you would expect that the
teacher would have told her where she could get it.

I guess I will have to let the OP speak for herself.

-Chuck
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