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Jacobe Hazzard

Jan 1, 1970
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I need to do something relatively simple,
I have a few circuits drawn up. Filters, mostly with one BJT and a fistfull
of passives. I need to know the gain and phase characteristics of the
circuits over the audio frequency range, and I need to know how those
characteristics vary with a certain circuit parameter (say varying a
resistance). Animated graphs would be very nice.

Does this sound like a candidate problem for SPICE simulation? Can I do it
in a free program such as SwitcherCAD or Super Spice? Will it take me a
month to figure out? Any advice at all?

Thanks,

Adam
 
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Kevin Aylward

Jan 1, 1970
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Jacobe said:
I need to do something relatively simple,
I have a few circuits drawn up. Filters, mostly with one BJT and a
fistfull of passives. I need to know the gain and phase
characteristics of the circuits over the audio frequency range, and I
need to know how those characteristics vary with a certain circuit
parameter (say varying a resistance). Animated graphs would be very
nice.

Does this sound like a candidate problem for SPICE simulation?

Yes.

Can I
do it in a free program such as SwitcherCAD or Super Spice? Will it
take me a month to figure out?

Not likely. In SS, no effort at all. Its all GUI driven. If you need
help in running it, email me. There are 50+ examples. Load them in and
press the blue "R" button. Do this for quite a few examples to get a
feel of how the system works.

Kevin Aylward
[email protected]
http://www.anasoft.co.uk
SuperSpice, a very affordable Mixed-Mode
Windows Simulator with Schematic Capture,
Waveform Display, FFT's and Filter Design.
 
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Jacobe Hazzard

Jan 1, 1970
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Kevin said:
Yes.

Can I

Not likely. In SS, no effort at all. Its all GUI driven. If you need
help in running it, email me. There are 50+ examples. Load them in and
press the blue "R" button. Do this for quite a few examples to get a
feel of how the system works.

Kevin Aylward

Thanks for the reassurance. I'll let you know how it goes.

Adam
 
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