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rewrite of spice was needed. Since it was almost absurd to rewrite |
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rewrite of spice was needed. Since it was almost absurd to rewrite |
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Spice and since a new simulator was already under development: |
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package), the goal of nspice became less utopical: merge |
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package), the goal of nspice became less utopical: merge |
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+ Simulator's analyses: this is a low priority area. Planned improvements |
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+ Simulator's analyses: this is a low priority area. Planned improvements |
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behaviour of the circuit as a parameter changes. Parameter sweep, |
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Monte Carlo and Worst Case fall in this category. Network analysis |
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Monte Carlo and Worst Case fall in this category. Network analysis |
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use, suggestions, etc. Spice came with little documentation. The |
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use, suggestions, etc. Spice came with little documentation. The |
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development and integrated with the documentation accompanying Xspice |
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and Cider. This is a very time consuming task and probably the |
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and Cider. This is a very time consuming task and probably the |
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documentation will always be left slightly behind. |
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1.7. Are the mailing lists archived anywhere ? |
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Yes, the lists are archived. There are two places where to look for |
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Yes, the lists are archived. There are two places where to look for |
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archives. The project stareted on the IEEE Central and South Italy |
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archives. The project started on the IEEE Central and South Italy |
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web server and then moved to sourceforge. Sourceforge provides an |
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There are a lot of Internet sites that have information on spice, the |
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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 prefererred search engine. Some interesting |
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best way is to point to your preferred search engine. Some interesting |
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The Spice Home Page: |
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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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