There is a spice 3f5 for Linux. Try Google to find a download site. - Lynne "IBIS training when you need it, where you need it." Dr. Lynne Green Green Streak Programs http://www.greenstreakprograms.com 425-788-0412 lgreen22@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Brorson Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 5:36 AM To: sivi.cla@xxxxxxxxx Cc: si-list Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: SPICE for LINUX I can't help you with PSpice or HSpice, but I do have some suggestions for doing SPICE simulations on Linux without paying $$$ for overpriced software. First off, if you want a nice simulator with a GUI front end, your best bet is LTSpice. LTSpice is distributed by Linear Technologies at: http://www.linear.com/software/ Although it's a native Windoze app, it runs nicely under Wine, and there is a good e-mail group devoted to supporting and extending it: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LTspice/ (You need to have a Yahoo account to access the group.) If you want a Linux-native, open-source versions of SPICE, your best bet is ngspice, which is a clean up of SPICE3f5 by some kind folks at the University of Rome. They re-factored the old SPICE3f5 code, and then provided it with a GNU-compliant configure/make system so that it should compile on your system like any other Linux app. Also, new analyses are being added, and many bugfixes have been incorporated. Get it at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ngspice/ Ngspice does not incorporate a GUI; you interact with it using a CLI. Make sure you run configure with readline enabled; this will help you when typing long commands. There are a couple of other free/open-source simulators. I have written a Linux HOWTO devoted to doing analog simulation on Linux using the gEDA suite in conjunction with these simulators. The HOWTO has been submitted to the LDP. Meanwhile, you can download a draft copy in .pdf format at: http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/HOWTO/ I also have an on-line .html version at: http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/SPICE/ Give the HOWTOs a read and you will have a good idea of what is currently going on with F/OSS versions of SPICE. Good luck! Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu