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Ngspice F.A.Q.Version 1.6 (rework-21 release) |
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Ngspice F.A.Q.Version 1.7 (rework-22 release) |
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Maintained by Paolo Nenzi, Holger Vogt |
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Last update: 12-06-2010 |
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Last update: 25-09-2010 |
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This document contains the Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers) |
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for ngspice project. |
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1.12. Where should I look on the World Wide Web for Spice documenta- |
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tion? |
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There are a lot of Internet sites that have information on spice, the |
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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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Pages on ngspice |
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There is a detailed ngspice manual available at: |
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http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/docs.html |
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There are a lot of Internet sites that have information on spice. The |
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best way is to ask your preferred search engine. Some interesting |
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sites are: |
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Pages on 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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The latest version released is: |
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* ngspice-rework-21 (released on 13/06/2010) |
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* ngspice-rework-22 (released on 26/09/2010) |
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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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+ 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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+ OpenMP multicore support for BSIM3, BSIM4, and BSIMSOI4 |
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+ reinstate {$var} expansion in interactive interpreter |
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+ .TITLE line added |
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+ update to 'spectrum' script |
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+ par('expression') in .four, .plot, .print, .meas, .save commands |
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+ command 'option' for use in spinit, .spiceinit, and in scripts |
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+ adms procedure updated |
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+ new random number generator, random functions sunif() and sgauss() |
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+ ngspice manual updated |
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Bug fixes: |
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+ Many small bugs, memory leaks, memory overflow |
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+ Major code cleanup to reduce compiler/linker warnings: ansi function prototypes, |
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void/char pointers to named pointers, explicit type casts and many more |
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+ Many small bugs |
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2.3. What does it looks like? |
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2.3. What does it look like? |
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Ngspice, as the original Spice3 (and Xspice and Cider) is a command |
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line simulator. |
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The development is open to anyone who wish to contribute. If the |
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original Spice3 was made with the contribution of "a cast of |
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thousand", ngspice can only increase that number. An incomplete |
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list of contributor makes the "acknowledgements" page of ngspice |
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documentation. |
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list of contributor makes the "acknowledgements" page of the ngspice |
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manual. |
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2.5. How can I report a bug/request for a feature? |
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The ngspice summary page (hosted on Sourceforge) has bug-reporting, |
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feature-request and bugs trackers. You can use them or subscribe to |
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mailing lists and post there. The latter is preferred since almost |
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all developers/contributors read the lists but only a few of them |
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use trackers. |
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mailing lists and post there. The former is preferred since almost |
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it allows to track all necessary actions upon a bug. The web site at |
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http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/bugrep.html will give you more details. |
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2.6. How can I join the development? |
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h_vogt
16 years ago