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how good is the altium simulator?
615 1 Jul 26.2019, 16:22:40

I have heard that the altium simulator is not very good, compared to orcad/pspice.  Just wonder what people here think.
wanted to put his in the altium designer section.

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Aug 01.2019, 17:26:16

Average compared with others in the lower range (free to low $k).  Numerical stability for trig and PWL functions sucks.  PSpice and LTSpice I think both have hacks for convergence and speed, important when working with PWL models (which are dumb, but lots of people write them, so..).  Ease of use comparable to most.
It's definitely lagging behind the rest of the product.  I suppose since no one uses transistors anymore, and IC manufacturers no longer release SPICE models*, that doesn't matter to them.
*As in 3f5 or XSPICE compatible models.  Sure, lots of companies release encrypted models.  Or proprietary models for high-buck environments (like HSPICE), or their own proprietary environments (TI, AD and LT...).  None of those count, none of them are universal.

 

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