diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 75524f0a4..cf4f2401e 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ 2010-06-12 Holger Vogt * /visualc/include/config.h: update to version 21 - configure.in: version 21 + * configure.in: version 21 + * FAQ: update 2010-06-11 Holger Vogt * DEVICES: update 4.6.5 diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index c7d86021c..a99547b21 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - Ngspice F.A.Q.Version 1.5 (rework-18 release) - Maintained by Paolo Nenzi - Last update: 5-11-2008 + Ngspice F.A.Q.Version 1.6 (rework-21 release) + Maintained by Paolo Nenzi, Holger Vogt + Last update: 12-06-2010 This document contains the Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers) for ngspice project. @@ -213,9 +213,13 @@ best way is to point to your preferred search engine. Some interesting sites are: + Pages on ngspice + http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/docs.html + Pages on Spice: http://bwrc.eecs.berkeley.edu/Classes/IcBook/SPICE/ http://embedded.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/downloads/spice/index.htm + http://newton.ex.ac.uk/teaching/CDHW/Electronics2/userguide/index.html#toc Xspice Page: http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~mrichard/Xspice @@ -232,7 +236,7 @@ The latest version released is: - * ngspice-rework-18 (released on 1/12/2008) + * ngspice-rework-21 (released on 13/06/2010) 2.2. What are the latest features in the current release? @@ -240,14 +244,18 @@ New features: - + Support for .lib and .param statements - + Improved netlisting capabilites to support more complex model cards - + Global net names - + Mosfet model binning + + BSIM 4.6.5, BSIMSOI 4.3.1 + + Compatibility: C, L, R, devices and E, G sources with expressions + Variables HERTZ, TIME, TEMPER added + + E, G sources with TABLE function + + New manual + + Plotting with Gnuplot, wrdata for simple table output + + .measure vastly improved + + transmission line models improved Bug fixes: - + Fixes in the control language + + Many small bugs, memory leaks, memory overflow @@ -293,10 +301,9 @@ Ngspice is written in C, and uses some GNU extensions, then you need a GNU C compiler and a UNIX environment to compile it. Ngspice can - be compiled under Windows using the mingw or cigwin environment. + be compiled under Windows using the mingw or cygwin environment as + well as MS Visual Studio. - In the future a compatibility table will be written. - 3.2. I get errors when I try to compile the source code, why?