Re: Which Pspice for the Coiler?

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Tesla list wrote:
>
> Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmdq@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Tesla list wrote:
> >Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >"Pspice is too slow, big, and complicated. I prefer Switchercad, that is
> >fast, small, easy to use, and free:
> >http://www.linear.com/designtools/softwareRegistration.jsp
> >     I have downloaded and installed it but haven't really taken 
the time to
> >understand what it will do.  My first impression was that one couldn't
> >arbitrarily assign values (both inductance and resistance for example)
> >to a component such as an inductor and that it was necessary to use
> >values for commercial components listed by part number.  Am I all wrong
> >about this?  What can YOU do with it?
>
> You can assign any value for any passive element, and do anything that
> the classic SPICE can. The program accepts also netlist input, and I
> find very convenient to use my own schematic editor for complicated
> circuits (just because I can draw anything very fast with it), and
> then work with the netlist.
> For example, try to load and execute this netlist ("File", "Open..."):
>
> Tesla coil
> L1 1 0 100E-6
> L2 2 0 100E-3
> C1 1 3 10E-9
> C2 2 0 10E-12
> K L1 L2 0.1
> VC 3 0 PULSE(0 5000 1E-6)
> .tran 70e-6
>
> Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz

	Many thanks.  I'll give it a try but may be back with questions.

Ed