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Good electronics simulator for beginner?
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rstofer:
There is still an LTspice group on groups.yahoo.com and there are a few very knowledgeable people to help.  Actually, there are two groups:  One for discussions and the other as a repository for files (Yahoo has a repository size limit).  There's a LOT of high quality help.

I don't think simulators are targeted at beginners.  Maybe Falstad but certainly none of the 'spice' type systems I have ever used.

There are a couple of LTspice XVII eBooks at Amazon including:

https://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Circuit-Simulator-Operation-Creation-ebook/dp/B07FCTVNGP
https://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Circuit-Simulator-LTspice-Simulation-ebook/dp/B07H1WCTNJ

Both are free with Kindle Unlimited
Wimberleytech:

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IIRC, the OM was asking for a beginners tool, not for a multi-K€ professional simulator. IMHO, the support for LTSpice on the web is not too bad. It is supported by LT (now Analog Devices) and user groups are very active.

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AND...it is supported here by some very smart, very experienced people...who are eager to help!

I would hazard a guess that NOBODY has ever posted an LTSpice file on this forum and not gotten their question resolved!!
Wolfgang:

--- Quote from: Wimberleytech on January 06, 2019, 05:46:39 pm ---
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IIRC, the OM was asking for a beginners tool, not for a multi-K€ professional simulator. IMHO, the support for LTSpice on the web is not too bad. It is supported by LT (now Analog Devices) and user groups are very active.

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AND...it is supported here by some very smart, very experienced people...who are eager to help!

I would hazard a guess that NOBODY has ever posted an LTSpice file on this forum and not gotten their question resolved!!

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I wont go that far, but support *is* good, definitively.
Zero999:

--- Quote from: TheUnnamedNewbie on January 06, 2019, 08:20:51 am ---I'm sorry, but what even is a real-time simulator?
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One which attempts to simulate the circuit in real time and interacts with the user. Fair enough most so-called real-time simulators are slower than real life, in most applications, as the calculations are complex and take a long to compute, but the idea is the user can click a switch to open/close it and see how the circuit respond to it.

I don't want to get into a flame war about which simulation package is the best, because it's personal preference. I found LTSpice to be one of the easiest of simulators to learn, much easier than some of the suppository more intuitive ones such as Electronics Workbench and falstad. I like the way the GUI is simple and uncluttered. I've never understood why some find it difficult to learn but I accept that and take it into account when recommending simulation software to beginners.
Wolfgang:
One of the LTSpice GUI gotchas is the mimic "action first, then choose object". Normal windows stuff works by right-clicking an object and then telling what should happen to it. Another things is leaks the pure crudity of ancient SPICE to the user. For subcircuits, ... you have to manually enter all SPICE parameters into forms with no cross-checking. Errors will be discovered only when you try to run your circuit.

All rants aside, its a useful program and its free. So we probably have to live with this one.
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