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What are the freeware SPICE simulators available?
Does anyone know of a freeware SPICE / circuit simulator? SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis)is a general-purpose, open source analog electronic circuit simulator. It is a ...
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Circuit Simulation Software
I'm getting back into hobbyist electronics after a very long hiatus and was wondering what the current state of circuit simulation software is. What is the industry standard for macs or PCs? What are ...
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What are low cost circuit and PCB design software?
Do you know of any freeware or low cost circuit / PCB design software?
I know a few which I have listed below but I was wondering if there were more of its kind. Please mention the good features and ...
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What are the best free schematic tools out there?
I'm sure there are plenty of schematic tools available. Which ones do you use/prefer?
Feel free to also list tools which aren't completely free but very popular.
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Good tool for Mac OS X to draw circuits
I am looking for tool to draw circuits on Mac OS X. I mostly need it so I can add it into presentations. So the requirements are that it looks preety.
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How is ASIC design different from FPGA HDL synthesis?
I've had some experience with FPGA/HDL tool suites such as Xilinx ISE, Lattice Diamond, etc. The general workflow is writing Verilog/VHDL, simulation, testing and then programming the FPGA.
I've ...
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Best Electronics and Robotics Resources for a Novice
I know guys hanging around here are quite experienced in electronics and robotics. But I am rather new to this area. I have only A/L physics knowledge in electronics. But I am working as a software ...
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What kind of project could help a software engineer become more of an electronic engineer?
I'm a software developer with practically no electronics background, but I want to get into this since it's relevant to the work I'm doing (infotainment system development). I'm a software engineer, ...
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Getting started with PCB designing
I'm a hobbyist EE in college, and have been building breadboard circuits and perfboard circuits for the past year or so. I want to move on to doing PCB design.
I wanted to start with something small ...
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Good tools or methods for understanding structure of bootloader?
I recently figured out the cause of a nasty bug I've been working on with an Atmel AT91SAM9G20 SBC running U-boot, an open source bootloader. The core of the problem was that U-boot expected the ...
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Getting starting designing CMOS ASIC - What is the must have software?
What software should I use to design a pipeline of gates? The design will be implemented on TSMC's 350nm process. A list of must-have software to design a basic gate circuit, and ASIC solutions would ...
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Software To Create Karnaugh Maps
Does anyone know of any (foss) application to create karnaugh maps. I don't need a K-map solver, just to be able create them so I can export them to ms-word.
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Integer to ASCII in C18
I'm writing code for a PIC18F46K22 using the C18 compiler. I want to write the value of an integer \$n\$ in ASCII over the USART to my PC.
For \$n<10\$, it's easy:
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Integers >9999 in PIC C18
In this answer, I made a function to convert an integer to an ASCII string:
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Test if webcam picks up infrared
I know the good old-fashioned way of shining a remote at a camera to see if it picks up infrared, but I'd like to know if there's any code that does it for you. That'd be much more professional.
