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A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003

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Re: A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003

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Post by neltnerb »

wtfmcgrill wrote: post #128
ilyt wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have ever used LTSpice you'd know, the "old" looking layout is not really a problem but the arcane way anything is done, different from every app I ever used.

I jump from altium to kicad to solidworks multiple times a day but the most annoying jump is when I go to ltspice and go, why is move bound to F7. I stopped even bothering to try to use hotkeys on LTspice.

The key shortcuts in ltspice are hilarious, it took a decade before I found another program that used R and E for rotate and mirror instead of right clicking in some way. I still haven't decided whether I prefer the horror of embedding models, creating single-system-only library files that I can't give to anyone, or ... it's amazing.

I'd probably pay if it was just simple to import 3rd party models, even if they're encrypted. Every time I have to screw around with some encrypted model I worry about whether it's going to end up accurate.

Re: A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003

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Post by shriek »

synack wrote: post #144
repiret wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently came across a reference manual for an SoC that came in at over 24,000 pages - a new personal record. The tools for working with such large PDFs generally suck.

Evince on Linux is by far the best program I've found for reading large PDFs. It's worth the trouble to setup a VM or WSL just to run Evince if you're not natively on Linux.

I've never had to read a large PDFs (probably, ~400 pages) but what's so great about Evince? Is it just speed or is it because of it's features?

Re: A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003

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Post by donatj »

UI needs a lot of work to make basic tasks easier.

I started from scratch and managed to build a simple blinking LED using a 555 but found the general process far more fiddly than need be. Took me almost 10 minutes to do what should have been seconds. Took me longer to do than it would have with a real breadboard in real life, which makes this thing a miss.

Placing components correctly and in particular rotating components is very difficult. Running wires one end and at a time rather than just a click and drag felt very fiddly.

Thing feels like a tech demo, not something I would hand a learner.

Re: A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003

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Post by jay3ss »

ilyt wrote: post #63
Kwpolska wrote: post #8

The competition might look ancient, but IMO, a 2D interface would be much more productive and easier to work with. This site is completely unusable for me in Firefox (it does work in Edge though).

If you have ever used LTSpice you'd know, the "old" looking layout is not really a problem but the arcane way anything is done, different from every app I ever used.

LTSpice is pretty great. I used it in undergrad to design and simulate a single block of CMOS memory. It was a little tough getting going, but once I figured things out it was a great experience.

Re: A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003

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Post by frx »

tempodox wrote: post #166

Since the title refers to how it looks, this thing looks more like a toy than a tool. Also, as far as it's up to me, I'll never use an app that requires me to “sign in”. I prefer to own the apps I use and retain full control over my data.

I agree with you but the website didn't ask me to sign in to use the app
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