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