Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax!4224_5206
From: 4224_5206@uwovax.uwo.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: SPICE (Simulation Prog w/Emphasis on I.C's)
Summary: SPICE on Amiga
Keywords: Amiga, SPICE
Message-ID: <7848.274c0a04@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 22 Nov 90 22:25:24 GMT
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	A couple of weeks back someone was asking what to do for thier senior
research project, well I have an idea.  Why not do a whiz bang implimentation
of SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis).  The original
FORTRAN (yea, I know, yuch) source code is available (for free?) from U of C 
(Berkley).

	My Idea is to have it implimented on the Amiga, making full use of the
operating system and useOCr interface in addition to throwing in some nice
bells and whistles.  The original program does not have circuit (screen
oriented) editor or the ability to render graphs (I may be wrong), but most 
of the grunt work has been done.  The only thing missing is the user interface.
As it stands now, the program accepts text input in order to define the
circuit and operating characteristics of the components, and create a file of
numbers for a post processor to the actual screen or hardcopy rendering of the
graphs.

	The only implimentation with which I am personally familiar is 
MicroCAP II, student version for the MS/PC-DOS machines.  Its an OK, certainly
not fantastic, compiled basic implimentation, but suffers from a poor user
interface.  This is a great program for checking out ideas without having to 
wire-up a circuit and scoping it.

	IEEE Spectrum has an overveiw of several circuit simulators for
different enviroments (PC's to mini's) but no Amiga ...  :(
This definately should change!    :)

	I think that the source is available from:
	
	Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
	The University of California
	Berkley, California

	(I'm sorry that I can't give a more complete address)

PS:	Yes, I know that there is a PD version somewhere on FF, but I am hoping
	to generate some interest.

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Andy Nagy(student) ,The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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