On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Charles P. Steinmetz <charles_steinm...@lavabit.com> wrote: > I've been using LTspice for schematic capture and simulation at home. Will > the PCB CAD tools being discussed (Eagle, DesignSpark, FreePCB, etc.) import > netlists from LTspice? Or do folks prefer to do the schematic capture in a > CAD tool and export that netlist to LTspice for simulation?
LT Spice is basically just the normal Spice simulator with a schematic capture program acting as a front end. LTspice can export standard Spice net lists and can save to it's own file format too. The spice net lists don't have any graphical information and don't have footprints. I find I don't need to move data from a simulation to a design program because to rarely simulate exactly the target circuit. You usually have to Spice specific stuff components like signal generators or maybe some parasitic capacitance for realism. These parts only exist in a simulation not on the PCB. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
